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::*Prior to being recalled as ambassador to Ukraine in the spring Yovanovitch reportedly created a list of individuals who were to be monitored via [[social media]] and other means. Ukraine embassy staff made the request to the [[Washington D.C.]] headquarters office of the department’s Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs.  Yovanovitch’s staff was informed that the request was [[illegal]] and the monitoring either ceased or was concealed via the State Department Global Engagement Center, which has looser restrictions on collecting information. JW reports:

::*Prior to being recalled as ambassador to Ukraine in the spring Yovanovitch reportedly created a list of individuals who were to be monitored via [[social media]] and other means. Ukraine embassy staff made the request to the [[Washington D.C.]] headquarters office of the department’s Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs.  Yovanovitch’s staff was informed that the request was [[illegal]] and the monitoring either ceased or was concealed via the State Department Global Engagement Center, which has looser restrictions on collecting information. JW reports:

{{quotebox|“This is not an obscure rule, everyone in public diplomacy or public affairs knows they can’t make lists and monitor U.S. citizens unless there is a major national security reason,” according to a senior State Department official. If the illicit operation occurred, it seems to indicate a clear political bias against the president and his supporters.<br>Yovanovitch, a career diplomat who has also led American embassies in [[Kyrgyzstan]] and [[Armenia]], was appointed ambassador to Ukraine by Obama in 2016. She was recalled by the State Department in May [2019] and remains a State Department employee in Washington D.C.}}

{{quotebox|“This is not an obscure rule, everyone in public diplomacy or public affairs knows they can’t make lists and monitor U.S. citizens unless there is a major national security reason,” according to a senior State Department official. If the illicit operation occurred, it seems to indicate a clear political bias against the president and his supporters.<br>Yovanovitch, a career diplomat who has also led American embassies in [[Kyrgyzstan]] and [[Armenia]], was appointed ambassador to Ukraine by Obama in 2016. She was recalled by the State Department in May [2019] and remains a State Department employee in Washington D.C.}}

==US-backed Ukrainian coup==

==US-backed Ukrainian coup==