Flynn Resigns Amid Russia Controversy

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The words "executive privilege" are starting to be thrown around in connection to transcripts and recordings of conversations between Flynn and Ambassador Sergey Kislyak
 
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golfballs said:
If this is true, Trump shouldn't have let Flynn go. His phone call with Russia is child play in comparison. The FBI needs to investigate this and prosecute.
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From the article:

"He also publicly accused the administration of keeping classified documents found in the Osama bin Laden raid that showed Iran's close relationship with al Qaeda. He was a thorn in their side."
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That should give you pause about the article.
 
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I'll take w a grain of salt anything coming from "anonymous sources". However there's no doubt that illegal leaks are coming from the intelligence community
 
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Russian government officials are trying to defend Flynn.

Russian parliament, senator Alexei Pushkov tweeted that Mr Flynn was the victim of "paranoia and a witch hunt".

The head of the parliament's foreign affairs committee, Konstantin Kosachev, claimed that "either Donald Trump has been driven into a corner or the new administration has been permeated with Russopohobia from top to bottom".

Washington resignation ruffles Russia - BBC News
 
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carlos86 said:
Russian government officials are trying to defend Flynn.

Russian parliament, senator Alexei Pushkov tweeted that Mr Flynn was the victim of "paranoia and a witch hunt".

The head of the parliament's foreign affairs committee, Konstantin Kosachev, claimed that "either Donald Trump has been driven into a corner or the new administration has been permeated with Russopohobia from top to bottom".

Washington resignation ruffles Russia - BBC News
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Muh Russians. There is rampant Russian paranoia.
 
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The same people who are denouncing IC leaks now were loving them a year ago when the leaks were about Hillary.
 
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The politicized IC knew about Hillary but they looked the other way. It took Guccifer to expose it
 
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golfballs said:
What did the IC leak about Hillary?
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Lets not act like the people inside the FBI didn't leak details about its investigation into Hillary's emails. Also lets not forget that Trump supporters and people like Roger Stone tried to say that it was the NSA that hacked the DNC, not Russia.
 
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That actually brings up a good point. Dems flip out about Flynn. What he did doesn't even hold a candle to Hillary. Not even in the same universe. She belongs in jail.
 
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carlos86 said:
The words "executive privilege" are starting to be thrown around in connection to transcripts and recordings of conversations between Flynn and Ambassador Sergey Kislyak
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You mean the ones where an American citizen was recorded without a warrant?
 
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carlos86 said:
The words "executive privilege" are starting to be thrown around in connection to transcripts and recordings of conversations between Flynn and Ambassador Sergey Kislyak
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I am skeptical of that. Main reason being that they were not in office, yet. How would executive privilege apply?
 
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hog88 said:
You mean the ones where an American citizen was recorded without a warrant?
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The FBI was issued a FISA warrant to wiretap all of Flynn's communications. NSA, CIA and the FBI Counter Intelligence also have the right to wiretap all the communications Russian government officials
 
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lawgator1 said:
I am skeptical of that. Main reason being that they were not in office, yet. How would executive privilege apply?
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This is true. Apparently a Republican on the House Intelligence threw that out there. Rep. Adam Schiff, the ranking Democrat on House Intelligence stated just that. "Any conversations that Flynn had with Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak before Donald Trump took office would not be covered by executive privilege, potentially making some information subject to congressional investigations."
 
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BowlBrother85 said:
Doesn't the ends justify the means with conservatives? At least it did with the Russian hacking of Podesta's e-mails and the subsequent Wikileaks releases. This article really rips Flynn a new one and calls him an atrocious manager who should be the last one advising the President. Republicans and Democrats alike should just be glad he is out.
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Trump tweeted today that he is upset at all of the leaks in his administration! He has ordered an internal investigation to find the leaks!


IN October of last year, just as the Access Hollywood tape came out, the same day suddenly WikiLeaks has information on Podesta and his emails. Trump repeatedly praised WikiLeaks for that !!!!

"I love wikiLeaks!" That's a direct quote.

Oops.
 
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lawgator1 said:
Trump tweeted today that he is upset at all of the leaks in his administration! He has ordered an internal investigation to find the leaks!


IN October of last year, just as the Access Hollywood tape came out, the same day suddenly WikiLeaks has information on Podesta and his emails. Trump repeatedly praised WikiLeaks for that !!!!

"I love wikiLeaks!" That's a direct quote.

Oops.
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Truth. Trump mentioned wikiLeaks 164 times during the campaign (per thinkprogress.org) and during every Presidential debate. He chided the media for not covering their releases enough and said that we should be focused on the content of the leaks and not on how they were obtained... in other words, the ends justified the means (as long as it helped his cause).
 
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carlos86 said:
The FBI was issued a FISA warrant to wiretap all of Flynn's communications. NSA, CIA and the FBI Counter Intelligence also have the right to wiretap all the communications Russian government officials
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A warrant was issued to tap the phones of a member of an incoming administration? Please tell me you see the problem with that?
 
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