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Current Events => Breaking News => Topic started by: HAPPY2BME on February 14, 2017, 04:52:43 PM
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In the final hours before his resignation, now-former White House National Security Adviser Michael T. Flynn said he “crossed no lines” in his discussion with Russia’s ambassador, but ultimately he was most concerned about the steady stream of leaks to reporters based on classified information.
“In some of these cases, you’re talking about stuff that’s taken off of a classified system and given to a reporter. That’s a crime,” Flynn told The Daily Caller News Foundation Investigative Group during a telephone interview from his White House office on Monday.
“You call them leaks. It’s a criminal act. This is a crime. It’s not just a wink and a nod,” Flynn said.
http://dailycaller.com/2017/02/14/exclusive-defiant-flynn-insists-he-crossed-no-lines-leakers-must-be-prosecuted/
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Former Obama Officials, Loyalists Waged Secret Campaign Against Flynn To Protect Iran Nuclear Deal
The Washington Free Beacon is reporting that former Obama officials waged a secret campaign against national security adviser Mike Flynn which ultimately led to Flynn’s resignation. The report says that Flynn was targeted because he was strongly opposed to the Iran Nuclear deal which former President Barack Obama wants protected.
The Obama loyalists conducted a behind the scenes attack against Flynn by injecting damaging stories on Flynn into the national media. According to the Free Beacon the attack was led by former Obama administration adviser Ben Rhodes.
http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2017/02/report-former-obama-officials-loyalists-waged-secret-campaign-oust-flynn-order-protect-iran-deal/
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Security Analyst Tony Shaffer: Obama White House Behind Mike Flynn Phone Call Leaks
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1Ntkmb62iA[/youtube]
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House Intelligence Committee Chair: Leakers of Flynn Call ‘Belong in Jail’
House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes (R-CA) said Tuesday that those who leaked the contents of former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn’s phone calls “belong in jail.”
“That’s nine leakers that all belong in jail,” Nunes said. “Those nine people broke the law, clearly, by leaking classified information to anybody.”
The Post’s report cited nine anonymous current and former officials “who were in senior positions at multiple agencies” who “had access to reports from U.S. intelligence and law enforcement agencies that routinely monitor the communications of Russian diplomats.”
“All of those officials said Flynn’s references to the election-related sanctions were explicit,” the report said.
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/02/14/house-intelligence-committee-chair-leakers-of-flynn-call-belong-in-jail/
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Crazy Nancy Pelosi Falls For FAKE Mike Flynn Tweet
On Tuesday the New York Times circulated fake news by reporting a tweet from a fake twitter account claiming to by Michael Flynn.
Below is a screenshot of the tweets that were sent out by the fake Twitter account.
(http://16004-presscdn-0-50.pagely.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/flynnfakequotes.png)
Nancy Pelosi fell for the fake tweet when she quoted it at a press conference Tuesday afternoon.
http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2017/02/video-crazy-nancy-pelosi-falls-fake-michael-flynn-tweet/
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House Intel Committee Launches Investigation Of Leaks: Why Was Someone Tapping The National Security Advisor?
So why was someone tapping the phone of the National Security Advisor? And obviously leaking for political advantage? Serious questions indeed.
Via Biz Pac Review:
House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes does not plan on investigating the circumstances surrounding the resignation of former national security adviser Mike Flynn, but will launch a probe into who leaked the story.
Flynn stepped down from his post on the National Security Council late Monday evening after it was revealed he misled Vice President Mike Pence about a call with a Russian ambassador pertaining to sanctions placed on the country.
Nunes, whose committee was tasked to investigate Russia’s involvement in cyber attacks during the election, told CNN the panel won’t look into President Donald Trump’s knowledge of the situation due to executive privilege.
The California Republican confirmed to CNN the committee will investigate where the leaks were stemming from.
Nunes said it’s troubling the call was tapped with the information later being leaked to the media, adding he hopes to receive more information form the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
“I expect for the FBI to tell me what is going on, and they better have a good answer,” he told The Washington Post. “The big problem I see here is that you have an American citizen who had his phone calls recorded.”
http://www.bizpacreview.com/2017/02/14/house-intel-committee-launches-investigation-leaks-says-fbi-better-good-answer-448529
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by Charlie Spiering15 Feb 2017
Trump Denounces ‘Un-American’ Intelligence Leaks to ‘Fake News’
President Donald Trump denounced reporting from the New York Times and the Washington Post that said his campaign was communicating with Russia.
“Information is being illegally given to the failing New York Times and Washington Post by the intelligence community,” he wrote on Twitter, suggesting that the NSA and the FBI might be responsible. “Just like Russia,” he added.
“The real scandal here is that classified information is illegally given out by ‘intelligence’ like candy,” Trump wrote. “Very un-American!”
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/02/15/just-like-russia-donald-trump-denounces-intelligence-leaks-fake-news/
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Dennis Kucinich Acurately Outlines The Danger Of a Rogue Intelligence Community…
Former Representative Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) appeared on Fox News to discuss Gen. Michael Flynn resignation and the larger more dangerous issue of a rogue intelligence community undermining the U.S. presidency and operating on behalf of a deep state construct of subversive government.
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7j_ZfKmcnSk[/youtube]
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2017/02/15/dennis-kucinich-acurately-outlines-the-danger-of-a-rogue-intelligence-community/
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Kremlin dismisses report of Trump campaign contacts with Russian spies
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia dismissed on Wednesday as groundless a U.S. media report that said members of Donald Trump's presidential campaign had contacts with Russian intelligence officials.
The New York Times, citing four current and former U.S. officials, reported on Tuesday that phone records and intercepted calls show that members of Trump's campaign and other Trump associates had repeated contacts with senior Russian intelligence officials in the year before the election.
"Let's not believe anonymous information," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told a conference call with reporters, noting that the newspaper's sources were unnamed.
"It's a newspaper report which is not based on any facts."
https://www.yahoo.com/news/kremlin-dismisses-report-trump-campaign-contacts-russian-spies-092930915.html
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America's spies anonymously took down Michael Flynn. That is deeply worrying
The whole episode is evidence of the precipitous and ongoing collapse of America's democratic institutions — not a sign of their resiliency. Flynn's ouster was a soft coup (or political assassination) engineered by anonymous intelligence community bureaucrats. The results might be salutary, but this isn't the way a liberal democracy is supposed to function.
Unelected intelligence analysts work for the president, not the other way around. Far too many Trump critics appear not to care that these intelligence agents leaked highly sensitive information to the press — mostly because Trump critics are pleased with the result. "Finally," they say, "someone took a stand to expose collusion between the Russians and a senior aide to the president!" It is indeed important that someone took such a stand. But it matters greatly who that someone is and how they take their stand. Members of the unelected, unaccountable intelligence community are not the right someone, especially when they target a senior aide to the president by leaking anonymously to newspapers the content of classified phone intercepts, where the unverified, unsubstantiated information can inflict politically fatal damage almost instantaneously.
President Trump was roundly mocked among liberals for that tweet. But he is, in many ways, correct. These leaks are an enormous problem. And in a less polarized context, they would be recognized immediately for what they clearly are: an effort to manipulate public opinion for the sake of achieving a desired political outcome. It's weaponized spin.
http://theweek.com/articles/680068/americas-spies-anonymously-took-down-michael-flynn-that-deeply-worrying
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Mike Flynn Is First Casualty of Turmoil in Trump Administration
The moment epitomizes how quickly fortunes can change amid the chaos that has defined the opening act of Mr. Trump’s presidency. In just a few weeks, the nascent administration is being weighed down from within, sidetracked by dishonesty and potential ethical lapses as well as attacks from his own supporters and fellow Republicans.
Mr. Flynn on Monday became the first casualty of that chaos, resigning as head of the National Security Council after he lost the president’s trust by failing to fully disclose his conversations with Russian officials to senior White House officials, including Vice President Mike Pence.
“It’s a dysfunctional White House, and nobody knows who’s in charge,” Sen. John McCain (R., Ariz.) told reporters on Tuesday.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/mike-flynn-is-first-casualty-of-turmoil-in-trump-administration-1487121454
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Crazy Nancy Pelosi Falls For FAKE Mike Flynn Tweet
On Tuesday the New York Times circulated fake news by reporting a tweet from a fake twitter account claiming to by Michael Flynn.
Below is a screenshot of the tweets that were sent out by the fake Twitter account.
(http://16004-presscdn-0-50.pagely.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/flynnfakequotes.png)
Nancy Pelosi fell for the fake tweet when she quoted it at a press conference Tuesday afternoon.
http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2017/02/video-crazy-nancy-pelosi-falls-fake-michael-flynn-tweet/
The more concerning news is FOX NEWS fell for it also. Is FOX NEWS becoming just the same as ABC, NBC, CBS, NPR, PBS...............???????
FAKE NEWS ALL ?
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