Washington – The Defense Intelligence Agency has suspended ousted national security adviser Michael Flynn’s security clearance pending a review, a defense official said Wednesday.
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Flynn, a former director of the agency who was dismissed from that post, was forced to resign this week after the White House said he misled Vice President Mike Pence about his contacts with Russia’s ambassador to the U.S. before the inauguration.
Flynn and the Russian appear to have discussed U.S. sanctions on Russia late last year, raising questions about whether he was freelancing on foreign policy while President Barack Obama was still in office and whether he misled Trump administration officials about the calls.
A defense official said Flynn’s security clearance was suspended Tuesday evening — a standard administrative action taken when questions arise concerning an individual’s compliance with security clearance directives. The official, who was not authorized to discuss the matter publicly, spoke only on condition of anonymity,
Obama dismissed Flynn as head of the Defense Intelligence Agency in 2014. Flynn has said he was pushed out for holding tougher views than Obama about Islamic extremism. But a former senior U.S. official said the firing was for insubordination, after Flynn failed to follow guidance from superiors.
Former directors of the agency are routinely allowed to keep their security clearances so that they can advise the current director.
If Flynn was so great why did Herr Trumpf fire him? Why was Pence kept out of the loop? Which other Trumpf staffers contacted P-Utin’s henchmen? Who gave them orders to do so, before the inauguration? Total chaos in WH. MAKE AMERICA GROVEL TO THE RUSSIANS AGAIN. feh…
If Flynn was so great why did Herr Trumpf fire him? Why was Pence kept out of the loop? Which other Trumpf staffers contacted P-Utin’s henchmen? Who gave them orders to do so, before the inauguration? Total chaos in WH. MAKE AMERICA GROVEL TO THE RUSSIANS AGAIN. feh…
First fired by Obama.
Then fired by TRump.
Who will hire him next? I know!
Fox.
Seeing as the comments here are stuck on repeat, I will remark that the position of security adviser (position offered to Flynn by Trump) is completely different than director of intelligence (position Flynn held under Obama). Flynn is highly opinionated and does not back down, which is what got him fired by Obama inappropriately (the directory of intelligence who does his job properly does change his opinion or reports because Obama tells him to agree and write reports that agree with Obama’s position). However, the temperament required by a security adviser is completely different. The opinions of all security agencies are to be collated and presented to Trump by the adviser (Flynn), and Flynn’s temperament is such that he replaces their opinions with his own. Trump finally understood the difference, though it took him a while.
I’ll bet even money that this Flynn guy is up to his neck in Russian financial corruption.