Intel community, Trump administration turning on Mike Flynn

[highplainsdem]

Source: Politico

On Friday, one of Flynn’s closest deputies on the National Security Council, senior director for Africa Robin Townley, was informed that the Central Intelligence Agency had rejected his request for an elite security clearance required for service on the NSC, according to two people with direct knowledge of the situation.

That forced Townley, a former Marine intelligence officer who had long maintained a top secret-level security clearance, out of his NSC post, explained the sources, who requested anonymity to discuss sensitive personnel matters.

One of the sources said that the rejection was approved by Trump’s CIA director Mike Pompeo and that it infuriated Flynn and his allies.

Both sources said that the CIA did not offer much explanation for why Townley’s request for so-called “Sensitive Compartmented Information” clearance was rejected. But the sources said that Flynn and his allies believe it was motivated by Townley’s skepticism of the intelligence community’s techniques — sentiments shared by Flynn.

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Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2017/02/mike-flynn-nsa-aide-trump-234923

[fountainofyouth]

1. The immune system has detected a foreign presence

And is fighting back.

[msanthrope]

8. Precisely. nt

[Skittles]

2. and let's hope when there are Trump INC casualties

THEY SING LIKE BIRDS

[Cirque du So-What]

3. Let the singing commence

Under the spreading chestnut tree
I sold you and you sold me

[roamer65]

4. Mmmm. Very Orwellian of you. Double plus good.

[iluvtennis]

5. Good.And if Flynn has the special Top Secret clearance, it needs to be rescinded given latest news..

...about his contact with Russian government discussing overturning the Obama sanctions for Russia interfering in our elections.

[wordpix]

11. I don't get it why his deputy doesn't get the clearance but Flynn does (if that's the case)

???? Seems that he probably has it in his current position.

I love when the rats start eating each other

[invrabbit]

13. Can anyone else in his admin get this

kind of clearance?

[Midnight Writer]

6. Trump will try to cauterize Flynn. We cannot be assuaged by the ceremonial sacrifice of Flynn.

Flynn is now "the limited hangout" of the Administration, a patsy who will be offered up with a confession of embarrassing incompetence in order to lead the hounds away from the true foxes.

[joshdawg]

10. I agree.

The canine fecal matter will use Flynn as a scapegoat, even tho' his administration is wholly complicit in this.
Lock'em up!

[wordpix]

12. agree with you both. But glad to see Flynn go if that's what's upcoming

The guy seems to have a short fuse, not to mention his Russia ties.

[QED]

15. And who bought the 20% of the Russian oil company?

So far one of the new owners has been traced to the Caymans but is at a dead end.

[C Moon]

7. More GOP hypocrisy and lies. And the U.S. voters (if we get through this)...

will only remember for four years.
Then rewind and repeat.

[Achilleaze]

9. pouty pout time for pooty poot

[AgadorSparticus]

14. They have transcripts on this scumbag. Holy shit. People associated w/ him need to be VERY worried.

I hope it ALL comes out and they all get implicated. And it looks like this hole goes pretty deep too. Goodness...

Time to buckle up. It is about to get incredibly bumpy.