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2016-11-18 Home Front: Politix

Update: Potential trouble for Trump National Security Advisor selection

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Posted by Besoeker 2016-11-18 00:43|| || Front Page|| [10 views ] Top

#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|| 2016-11-18 00:55|| Front Page Top

#2 Yet Hillary and Huma are pure as driven snow...

Posted by Hupack Smith9359 2016-11-18 00:58|| 2016-11-18 00:58|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2016-11-18 01:31|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2016-11-18 05:38|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2016-11-18 05:54|| Front Page Top

#6 Russia, Turkey? Someone pulled the old Diplomacy game out again?

Posted by P2Kontheroad 2016-11-18 06:53|| 2016-11-18 06:53|| Front Page Top

#7 Nice to see that we now have higher standards than, oh, a month ago...

Posted by Steve White 2016-11-18 09:14|| 2016-11-18 09:14|| Front Page Top

#8 At least Flynn had a clearance, did Hillary's maid?

Posted by AlanC 2016-11-18 09:16|| 2016-11-18 09:16|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2016-11-18 09:23|| Front Page Top

#10 Flynn's a good man and should do fine. Recall this luminary (sarc).

Posted by JohnQC 2016-11-18 11:29|| 2016-11-18 11:29|| Front Page Top

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