Biden Among Dozens of Obama Administration Officials Who Asked to Unmask Flynn

President Donald Trump (2nd-R) with Vice President Mike Pence (L) as former President Barack Obama and former Vice President Joe Biden (R) look on during Trump's inauguration ceremonies at the US Capitol in Washington, on Jan. 20, 2017. Paul J. Richards/AFP/Getty Images

Vice President Joe Biden was among dozens of Obama administration officials who made requests in late 2016 or early 2017 to “unmask” Michael Flynn, the incoming national security adviser for President-elect Donald Trump, a declassified list revealed.

Biden made a request on Jan. 12, 2017, to unmask the identity of Flynn, a retired lieutenant general and former director of the Defense Intelligence Agency.