![]() ![]() The FBI and the CIA agree that Putin tried to swing the 2016 election for Trump. The case is the most politically charged intelligence investigation since the Cold War. 20 – already the subject of scrutiny by FBI counterintelligence agents and their colleagues at the CIA. His reward was his appointment as national security adviser. After dining as Putin’s guest of honor and taking payments from his propaganda machine, Flynn got on the Trump bandwagon, tweeting links to fake news accusing Hillary Clinton of sex crimes with children and leading “Lock Her Up!” chants at raucous rallies. Then, as a private citizen running an intelligence consulting firm, Flynn got cozy with Russian President Vladimir Putin. ![]() ![]() But he flouted authority and flayed his counterparts in the national security establishment, flaunted what DIA officers called “Flynn facts” – falsehoods – such as asserting that Iran has killed more Americans than al Qaeda in the 21 st century, and was fired in 2014. He had spent a brave decade on the dark side of the war on terror. Commentary: Run-ups to Trump, Nixon presidencies bear striking resemblancesįlynn has been startling superiors and subordinates since he became director of the Defense Intelligence Agency in 2012. ![]()
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