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https://www.wsj.com/articles/ex-cia-director-mike-flynn-and-turkish-officials-discussed-removal-of-erdogan-foe-from-u-s-1490380426
in which Mike Flynn discusses kidnapping a Turkish green-card holder and sending him back to Turkey.
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ok, Rachel freakout tweet: (Original Post)
yodermon
Mar 2017
OP
He might as well provide measurements now for the orange jumpsuit. nt
Cognitive_Resonance
Mar 2017
#4
You call that a "freakout"? Kidnapping or worse a citizen of my state is a B.F. DEAL.
WinkyDink
Mar 2017
#5
He wasn't being targeted as an immigrant, but as a political opponent. FOR TURKEY.
WinkyDink
Mar 2017
#8
No, they're still treated ... in summary ... as a US citizen with limitations
uponit7771
Mar 2017
#15
But they're legal residents with rights, that Flynn was planning to violate, against US laws.
synergie
Mar 2017
#16
Even residents in the US illegally have certain rights (as determined by the Supreme Court
PoliticAverse
Mar 2017
#17
Because our whole fucking system is for sale to anyone with the money and inclination.
Hassin Bin Sober
Mar 2017
#13
Glimmer of Hope
(5,823 posts)1. Huh? Need more coffee. What a day!
HipChick
(25,485 posts)2. This story has been out there for a while...hope she covers it tonight..
DK504
(3,847 posts)3. Wait. WTF?
Cognitive_Resonance
(1,546 posts)4. He might as well provide measurements now for the orange jumpsuit. nt
WinkyDink
(51,311 posts)5. You call that a "freakout"? Kidnapping or worse a citizen of my state is a B.F. DEAL.
PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)7. Green card holder not a US citizen. n/t
WinkyDink
(51,311 posts)8. He wasn't being targeted as an immigrant, but as a political opponent. FOR TURKEY.
bettyellen
(47,209 posts)10. okay, so kidnap away, then? LOL.
uponit7771
(90,335 posts)15. No, they're still treated ... in summary ... as a US citizen with limitations
synergie
(1,901 posts)16. But they're legal residents with rights, that Flynn was planning to violate, against US laws.
PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)17. Even residents in the US illegally have certain rights (as determined by the Supreme Court
in several cases).
bigmonkey
(1,798 posts)9. How did Turkey become such a mover and shaker in backroom deals?
I recall the same kind of shadyness in the Bush era. Is it Erdogan cleverness in leveraging the strategic position of Turkey in the anti-ISIL fight? Is that it?
Hassin Bin Sober
(26,324 posts)13. Because our whole fucking system is for sale to anyone with the money and inclination.
AngryAmish
(25,704 posts)11. Oh FFS, Gullen is a cancer.
I would not turn him over but that grifter should be expelled. He is an undesirable alien. Send him somewhere out of Turkey's hands.
wiggs
(7,811 posts)12. When I see nefarious Turkey stuff I think of Sibel Edmonds. nt
WinkyDink
(51,311 posts)14. I hope you're watching "Rachel" right now.