droid

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This Flynn thing has legs. Transcript of him telling the Russian ambassador Trump would take care of sanctions, plus indications of discussions about hacking in previous conversations verifying some of the dossier and the suspicions over various financial transactions prioir to the elction.

Then there's this:

In light of this, and out of worries about the White House’s ability to keep secrets, some of our spy agencies have begun withholding intelligence from the Oval Office. Why risk your most sensitive information if the president may ignore it anyway? A senior National Security Agency official explained that NSA was systematically holding back some of the “good stuff” from the White House, in an unprecedented move. For decades, NSA has prepared special reports for the president’s eyes only, containing enormously sensitive intelligence. In the last three weeks, however, NSA has ceased doing this, fearing Trump and his staff cannot keep their best SIGINT secrets.

Since NSA provides something like 80 percent of the actionable intelligence in our government, what’s being kept from the White House may be very significant indeed. However, such concerns are widely shared across the IC, and NSA doesn’t appear to be the only agency withholding intelligence from the administration out of security fears.


http://observer.com/2017/02/donald-trump-administration-mike-flynn-russian-embassy/
 

Leo

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the other big issue for flynn is he's been caught lying to pence about it. from axios, about potential shake-up of trump's inner team:

Any purge will begin with national security adviser Mike Flynn, for lying to Vice President Pence about contacts with Russia on sanctions. In retrospect, that was clear as soon as Trump told reporters Friday evening on Air Force One that he didn't know about the story, which had been on the front page of that morning's Washington Post. It was a way for Trump to dodge showing support for Flynn.

"Spread the butter: He is toast," said a top source. "Lying to Pence damaged Pence's credibility and the administration's. That is an unpardonable sin."
 

Leo

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some other tidbits from axios (a new site/daily email by the two guys who started politico):

Imagine you're Reince Priebus. Every day, you hear speculation that your days as White House chief of staff are numbered. You wake up on a Sunday and read that colleague Kellyanne Conway's dream job is, well, yours.

Then, you flick on CNN to see Newsmax CEO Chris Ruddy -- a Trump pal of 10 years (and Mar-a-Lago member) who just spent time alone with him in Florida -- saying this on "Reliable Sources": "The White House is showing not the amount of order that we need to see. I think there's a lot of weakness coming out of the chief of staff."

After a pleading call from Priebus, Ruddy tweeted: "Reince just briefed me on new WH plans. Impressive! CNN today my personal view. Told him I have 'open mind' based on his results." Then Ruddy got another call: "Jared Kushner tells me COS Reince is doing 'amazing job.'"

Yikes! Not a reassuring end to your third week on the job! But this is a problem hardly confined to Priebus: After watching Trump clean house several times during the campaign, everyone feels on thin ice. This naturally breeds insecurity, ass-covering and endless leaking.

Those who don't fear for their hide are busy gaming out how they rise when someone falls. Trump feeds all of this. It's why an insider describes the White House hierarchy as "fragile."

"These people are insecure because Trump does not respect them," said a person in constant contact with the West Wing. "He does not because they have not made any money. He respects [Steve] Bannon and Gary Cohn because they are financially successful."

Trump has already consulted friends about his next chief of staff. I'm told that to avoid admitting error, Trump plans a smooth transition from Priebus, perhaps by making him a Cabinet secretary!

Ruddy told us in a phone interview: "Trump is trying to figure out who he should trust. This is totally new for him, so he's trying to figure out who the strong ones are and who the weak ones are."

Heather Nauert, the news anchor on "Fox & Friends," was spotted at the White House last week -- talking to Trump, we're told, about a communications job. Yesterday she tweeted that she's buying Ivanka Trump heels in solidarity after Nordstrom dropped the line, and will wear them on "Fox & Friends" this week.

That certainly doesn't make embattled West Wing officials feel any more secure as they try to put out what one called "400 fires a day."
 

Mr. Tea

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Trump doesn't appear to have an Achille's anything. The fact that he's not doing about a hundred years in jail in testament to that, never mind that he's tricked his way into the White House.
 

sadmanbarty

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The courts have had the most concrete impact on his presidency so far and his disapproval ratings don't currently seem to be correlated with Russia stuff, so for the moment I wouldn't say Russia is the achilles heal.
 

firefinga

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Russia definitely is his Achilles heel due to the fact big chunks of secret sevice, military and Republicans are definitely not fond of Russian "influence" on the POTUS. IMO those groups are far more likely to damage/sabotage Trump than anything/anybody else.
 

Leo

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i like young alt-nerd steven miller going on the sunday morning shows and saying trump's power and authority is vast and "will not be questioned."
 

Leo

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trudeau knows what's up

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firefinga

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Trump doesn't appear to have an Achille's anything. The fact that he's not doing about a hundred years in jail in testament to that,

The Republicans still need him for the Obamacare dismantling/tax reduction thing. When that's through, all bets are off
 

Leo

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Imagine this was Hillary Clinton's National Security Advisor resigning, less than a month into her term, after undermining US policy towards Russia and then lying about it. How aggressively would House Republicans be investigating what Clinton and everyone around her knew, and when they knew it?
 

firefinga

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Imagine this was Hillary Clinton's National Security Advisor resigning, less than a month into her term, after undermining US policy towards Russia and then lying about it. How aggressively would House Republicans be investigating what Clinton and everyone around her knew, and when they knew it?

Also somewhat funny that right wing conspiracy nutters claim this resignation is proof of Trump NOT being in Putin's pockets. Just following that to declare Flynn's resignation is a "concerted attack of the establishment" on Trump. :crylarf:
 

luka

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Mike Cernovich
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Jack Posobiec ‏@JackPosobiec 13h13 hours ago

Only the GOP cuck establishment cares what the Fake News media says. They are behind this.

And they will be dealt with

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Luke Rudkowski ‏@Lukewearechange 13h13 hours ago

Luke Rudkowski Retweeted Mike Cernovich

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its not looking good, Flynn was a target for exposing U.S ISIS ties in the middle east a big target of revenge by the deep state

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Media got a scalp.

Everyone now has "proof" of the Russia narrative.…
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Loelesko32 ‏@lose43ses3 13h13 hours ago

@Cernovich Part of 2018 push should be to get Gen. Flynn to run for congress against a Cuck. Rallying cry for patriots!
 
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