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Mike Flynn Resigns

I think the conversations were in fact monitored. There are transcripts of the call which were raised pretty shortly after the calls took place. Everything I've read points to the intelligence community being fully aware this was going on, raised it to the administration, and it didn't do anything until this became public recently. Even KAC said this morning on GMA that they were aware of this a month ago
 
THE DEUCE said:
The Logan Act (1 Stat. 613, 18 U.S.C. § 953, enacted January 30, 1799 ) is a United States federal law that forbids unauthorized citizens from negotiating with foreign governments having a dispute with the United States.
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No, the main story is that she pointed this out to the admin and they ignored it. ^^^

They weren't pissed that he broke the law, only that he lied to them about it.
EatLeadCommie said:
This is a bizarre story. I haven't followed it closely to be honest, so correct me if I get something wrong.

So Flynn apparently spoke to the Russian ambassador during the transition period. He used encryption for these phone calls. Our intel community, which routinely bugs Russian communications but rarely acknowledges such things, apparently couldn't monitor what these conversations were about. Yates concludes that Flynn is open to Russian blackmail. I'll give her the benefit of the doubt and assume that she has reasons other than encrypted phone calls to believe this to be the case. Is that the gist of it?
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yeah, the intel community has the transcript of the flynn-russia phone calls. as bad as flynn lying about it for months is that he was the head of NSA and didn't realize this.
 
what do we need a National Security Advisor for anyways? We have Bannon.
 
Wakeforest22890 said:
I think the conversations were in fact monitored. There are transcripts of the call which were raised pretty shortly after the calls took place. Everything I've read points to the intelligence community being fully aware this was going on, raised it to the administration, and it didn't do anything until this became public recently. Even KAC said this morning on GMA that they were aware of this a month ago
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I see. Thanks for the info.
 
knowell said:
Certainly this will bring down Trump. We finally got him!!!
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knowell said:
Certainly this will bring down Trump. We finally got him!!!
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I know your shilling for Trump/Putin has pretty much ruined your credibility, but I will bite. If Clinton's NSA head had to resign 3 weeks into her term due to unauthorized contact with the Russians, you would say no biggie right?
 
ChrisL68 said:
I know your shilling for Trump/Putin has pretty much ruined your credibility, but I will bite. If Clinton's NSA head had to resign 3 weeks into her term due to unauthorized contact with the Russians, you would say no biggie right?
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Of course he would. Because he is fair and impartial.

Or completely full of shit. You decide.
 
ChrisL68 said:
I know your shilling for Trump/Putin has pretty much ruined your credibility, but I will bite. If Clinton's NSA head had to resign 3 weeks into her term due to unauthorized contact with the Russians, you would say no biggie right?
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Would be a 1-line bite on the evening news at most.
 
What the hell is clucking? Isn't one of the greatest things about a free, democratic society that the citizens get to critique and criticize the actions of the government?

What am I missing?
 
RJKarl said:
Petreaus shouldn't be allowed within 100 miles of top secret material. He gave up classified materials to get laid and to make his mistress money from a book. This guy can't be trusted. He's lucky he isn't in jail for the next decade.
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I'm in agreement on this.
 
ImTheCaptain said:
not if Trump ordered him to speak with the Russian ambassador it's not
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How do you figure? I seem to recall Obama galavanting all around the world and meeting with world leaders when he was a candidate. Shit, he hadn't even won the election yet.
 
EatLeadCommie said:
How do you figure? I seem to recall Obama galavanting all around the world and meeting with world leaders when he was a candidate. Shit, he hadn't even won the election yet.
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if what flynn and the russian amb. discussed was SOP, why all the subterfuge and cover-up that ultimately lost him his job?
 
EatLeadCommie said:
How do you figure? I seem to recall Obama galavanting all around the world and meeting with world leaders when he was a candidate. Shit, he hadn't even won the election yet.
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Different rules for Presidential candidates, especially when the current President is not running for re-election.
 
Obama - "Sanctions on Russia for tampering with our election"

Russia - "This is unfair. We will retaliate"

Flynn - "Chill out. Obama is gone in a few days. We'll work things out"

Russia - "This is not worthy of retaliation"

Media and Trump Haters - OMG this is the worst thing ever! Impeach Trump! Imprison Flynn! Time to run around in circles and scream!
 
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