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'''Maria Yovanovich''' was the [[Obama]] appointee as Ambassador to the [[Ukraine]].
On 14 October 14, 2019 is was reported ''Judicial Watch Reveals Surveillance Targets Requested by U.S. Ambassador Yovanovitch and State Department – But Bigger Question is Missing.''<ref>https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2019/10/14/judicial-watch-reveals-surveillance-targets-requested-by-u-s-ambassador-yovanovitch-and-state-department-but-bigger-question-is-missing/#more-173680</ref>
*former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine, [[Marie Yovanovitch]], initiated a request for State Dept. officials to conduct surveillance on: [[Jack Posobiec]], [[Donald Trump Jr.]], [[Laura Ingraham]], [[Sean Hannity]], [[Michael McFaul]] (Obama’s ambassador to Russia), [[Dan Bongino]], [[Ryan Saavedra]], [[Rudy Giuliani]], [[Sebastian Gorka]], [[John Solomon]], [[Lou Dobbs]], [[Pamella Geller]] and [[Sara Carter]].
*Yovanovitch reportedly ordered monitoring keyed to the following search terms: Biden, Giuliani, [[Soros]] and Yovanovitch. [[Judicial Watch]] (JW) has filed a [[Freedom of Information Act]] (FOIA) request with the [[State Department]] and will continue gathering facts from government sources.
*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.}}
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