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sunonmars

(8,656 posts)
Sun Apr 2, 2017, 07:40 AM Apr 2017

Flynn poss caught in FSB honeypot w/female Russian Intel asset.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/mar/31/michael-flynn-new-evidence-spy-chiefs-had-concerns-about-russian-ties

Michael Flynn: new evidence spy chiefs had concerns about Russian ties
US and UK officials were troubled by Moscow contacts and encounter with woman linked to Russian spy agency records

US intelligence officials had serious concerns about Michael Flynn’s appointment as the White House national security adviser because of his history of contacts with Moscow and his encounter with a woman who had trusted access to Russian spy agency records, the Guardian has learned.

US and British intelligence officers discussed Flynn’s “worrisome” behaviour well before his appointment last year by Donald Trump, multiple sources have said.

They raised concerns about Flynn’s ties to Russia and his perceived obsession with Iran. They were also anxious about his capacity for “linear thought” and some actions that were regarded as highly unusual for a three-star general.

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Theres that "open to blackmail" thing again...wanna bet they have video of Trump getting pissed on.......

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Squinch

(50,955 posts)
1. I have little doubt that they do have that video of Trump. But also, someone seems to be
Sun Apr 2, 2017, 07:48 AM
Apr 2017

spilling lots of information on Flynn, just as it is looking like he's a serious threat to Trump and the administration. I'd bet there's a Russian in the chain of that leak.

Squinch

(50,955 posts)
5. Got to admire the genius of the guy. I just wish he didn't have such feelings of inadequacy
Sun Apr 2, 2017, 08:20 AM
Apr 2017

that he felt he needed to do all this.

I would bet my house that he hatched this plan after Obama called him "a very important regional leader."

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moondust

(19,991 posts)
10. Greedy self-interest.
Sun Apr 2, 2017, 08:40 AM
Apr 2017

Looks like he'd do anything for anybody who paid him. No loyalties beyond his bank account.

jmg257

(11,996 posts)
6. How is she a Russian intel asset? Article didn't say.
Sun Apr 2, 2017, 08:21 AM
Apr 2017

"One concern involved an encounter with a Russian-British graduate student, Svetlana Lokhova, whom Flynn met on a trip to Cambridge in February 2014.

At the time, Flynn was one of the top US spies and the director of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), which provides information to the Pentagon about the military strengths and intentions of other states and terrorist groups.

A historian and a leading expert on Soviet espionage, Lokhova has claimed to have unique access to previously classified Soviet-era material in Moscow. She says her forthcoming book makes groundbreaking revelations about Soviet military intelligence operations run by the GRU – Russia’s military spy agency."

jmg257

(11,996 posts)
9. As in university? She was a grad student.
Sun Apr 2, 2017, 08:29 AM
Apr 2017

Mar 18, 2017 · Mr. Flynn met Svetlana Lokhova at the Cambridge Intelligence Seminar, a gathering of former intelligence officials hosted at Cambridge University, in February 2014.... To Read the Full ...


Seems the issue is "he didn't report the 20 min contact". A big no-no.

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