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| 2016-11-18 |
| [The Hill] Donald Trump adviser Retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn received classified national security briefings last summer while also running a private consulting firm that offered "all-source intelligence support" to international clients, Yahoo News reports. Flynn, who has reportedly been offered the role of national security adviser in Trump's administration, said his relationship with his company, the Flynn Intel Group, would be "severed" if he returned to government. But Flynn began sitting in on briefings for Trump in August while working for foreign clients. Those classified national security briefings are provided to the major presidential candidates and their top aides. Norm Eisen, who served as President Obama's ethics adviser, called Flynn's conflict "profoundly troubling" and "disqualifying." Flynn was reportedly offered a position as national security adviser to Trump on Thursday. Flynn has held a number of military roles throughout his career, serving as the director of the Defense Intelligence Agency and chair of the Military Intelligence Board. Throughout Trump's campaign, Flynn has also served as a military adviser, giving Trump advice on questions of foreign policy and military strategy. More from Gateway Pundit and Megyn Kelly |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #10 Flynn's a good man and should do fine. Recall this luminary (sarc). |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2016-11-18 11:29 |
| #9 Besoeker is correct on the clearance front. Most of the people at that level have worked with foreigners. Eisen is talking political nonsense out his ass again. I think he is just butthurt that a democrat went over to Trump. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2016-11-18 09:23 |
| #8 At least Flynn had a clearance, did Hillary's maid? |
| Posted by: AlanC 2016-11-18 09:16 |
| #7 Nice to see that we now have higher standards than, oh, a month ago... |
| Posted by: Steve White 2016-11-18 09:14 |
| #6 Russia, Turkey? Someone pulled the old Diplomacy game out again? |
| Posted by: P2Kontheroad 2016-11-18 06:53 |
| #5 Even though those entities are ostensibly non Govt., both Russia and Turkey are known to work through proxies. Lord Garth Which could mean hahmmm, we're talking about a game of equals. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2016-11-18 05:54 |
| #4 The Flynn Intel Group, tFIG, seems to have several contracts to provide advice to Russian and Turkish entities. Even though those entities are ostensibly non Govt., both Russia and Turkey are known to work through proxies. If tFIG is able to keep their privately derived info separate from info derived from info derived from Nat Sec briefs, everything would be fine but that is a tough task and there are legitimate doubts that tFIG has really done that. |
| Posted by: lord garth 2016-11-18 05:38 |
| #3 Norm Eisen, who served as President Obama's ethics adviser, called Flynn's conflict "profoundly troubling" and "disqualifying." President. Obama's. Ethics. Adviser. ROFLMAO. |
| Posted by: magpie 2016-11-18 01:31 |
| #2 Yet Hillary and Huma are pure as driven snow... |
| Posted by: Hupack Smith9359 2016-11-18 00:58 |
| #1 Flynn obviously still holds a security clearance and would be required to make full disclosure of foreign contacts [unless regulations have changed dramatically]. If full disclosure was made, then this is a non-problem. I suspect a non-problem. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2016-11-18 00:55 |
