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:*Reports say Sally Yates warned Don McGahan that Flynn was vulnerable to Russian blackmail;<ref>https://www.mediaite.com/online/report-acting-ag-told-wh-that-flynn-could-be-vulnerable-to-russian-blackmail/</ref> Yates states later, “We weren’t the only ones that knew all of this… the Russians also knew about what General Flynn had done, and the Russians also knew that General Flynn had misled the vice president and others… Not only did we believe that the Russians knew this, but that they likely had proof of this information, and that created a compromise situation––a situation where the national security advisor essentially could be blackmailed by the Russians.”<ref>https://www.mediaite.com/tv/sally-yates-we-believed-general-flynn-was-compromised-with-respect-to-the-russians/</ref>

:*Reports say Sally Yates warned Don McGahan that Flynn was vulnerable to Russian blackmail;<ref>https://www.mediaite.com/online/report-acting-ag-told-wh-that-flynn-could-be-vulnerable-to-russian-blackmail/</ref> Yates states later, “We weren’t the only ones that knew all of this… the Russians also knew about what General Flynn had done, and the Russians also knew that General Flynn had misled the vice president and others… Not only did we believe that the Russians knew this, but that they likely had proof of this information, and that created a compromise situation––a situation where the national security advisor essentially could be blackmailed by the Russians.”<ref>https://www.mediaite.com/tv/sally-yates-we-believed-general-flynn-was-compromised-with-respect-to-the-russians/</ref>

:*Consortiumnews asks,

:*Consortiumnews asks,

{{Quotebox|Senior Justice Department holdovers from the Obama administration concocted an argument that Flynn might be vulnerable to Russian blackmail. The argument is dubious because the Russians would know that the U.S. government knew exactly what the conversations entailed, so how would the blackmail work?}}

{{Quotebox-float|Senior Justice Department holdovers from the Obama administration concocted an argument that Flynn might be vulnerable to Russian blackmail. The argument is dubious because the Russians would know that the U.S. government knew exactly what the conversations entailed, so how would the blackmail work?}}

:*Consortiumnews reports, "Flynn’s real 'offense' appears to be that he favors ''[[détente]]'' with Russia rather than escalation of a new and dangerous [[Cold War]]. Trump’s idea of a ''rapprochement'' with Moscow – and a search for areas of cooperation and compromise – has been driving Official Washington’s foreign policy establishment crazy for months and [[Hillary Rodham Clinton#The neoconservatives return|the neocons, in particular]], have been determined to block it."<ref><small>The article continues, "as director of the Defense Intelligence Agency – he oversaw a prescient 2012 analysis that foresaw that their support for the Syrian insurgency would give rise to “a declared or undeclared [[Salafi]]st principality in eastern Syria [ISIS].”

:*Consortiumnews reports, "Flynn’s real 'offense' appears to be that he favors ''[[détente]]'' with Russia rather than escalation of a new and dangerous [[Cold War]]. Trump’s idea of a ''rapprochement'' with Moscow – and a search for areas of cooperation and compromise – has been driving Official Washington’s foreign policy establishment crazy for months and [[Hillary Rodham Clinton#The neoconservatives return|the neocons, in particular]], have been determined to block it."<ref><small>The article continues, "as director of the Defense Intelligence Agency – he oversaw a prescient 2012 analysis that foresaw that their support for the Syrian insurgency would give rise to “a declared or undeclared [[Salafi]]st principality in eastern Syria [ISIS].”

This opportunism has turned much of the liberal/progressive community into a pro-New Cold War constituency willing to engage in a new breed of McCarthyism by demanding intensive investigations into alleged connections between Americans and Russians....

This opportunism has turned much of the liberal/progressive community into a pro-New Cold War constituency willing to engage in a new breed of McCarthyism by demanding intensive investigations into alleged connections between Americans and Russians....

...since Trump’s inauguration, the focus has shifted to Flynn, as the personification of the effort to cool off the New Cold War, because he had phone conversations with the Russian ambassador that presumably were intercepted by U.S. intelligence.

...since Trump’s inauguration, the focus has shifted to Flynn, as the personification of the effort to cool off the [[New Cold War]], because he had phone conversations with the Russian ambassador that presumably were intercepted by U.S. intelligence.

Because Flynn supposedly misrepresented some details of the calls to Vice President Mike Pence, senior '''Justice Department holdovers from the Obama administration concocted an argument that Flynn might be vulnerable to Russian blackmail.'''

Because Flynn supposedly misrepresented some details of the calls to Vice President Mike Pence, senior '''Justice Department holdovers from the Obama administration concocted an argument that Flynn might be vulnerable to Russian blackmail.'''

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:*Strzok/Lisa Page texts on Flynn interview report:   

:*Strzok/Lisa Page texts on Flynn interview report:   

{{Quotebox|Strzok - Also, is Andy [McCabe] good with F 302?<br>Lisa Page - Launch on f 302.<br>Strzok - K thank you.}}

{{Quotebox-float|Strzok - Also, is Andy [McCabe] good with F 302?<br>Lisa Page - Launch on f 302.<br>Strzok - K thank you.}}

:*''New York Times'' Michael S. Schmidt, Mark Mazzetti and Matt Apuzzo reported about supposed contacts between Trump campaign staff and “senior Russian intelligence officials.” Comey later testified “In the main, [the article] was not true."

:*''New York Times'' Michael S. Schmidt, Mark Mazzetti and Matt Apuzzo reported about supposed contacts between Trump campaign staff and “senior Russian intelligence officials.” Comey later testified “In the main, [the article] was not true."

:*'''Adam Waldman texts Mark Warner about Waldman's efforts to arrange immunity talks between the US government and Julian Assange; Assange is threatening to go public with what he knows about Russian hacking''', the [[Murder of Seth Rich]], and more releases on the CIA's Vault 7:  

:*'''Adam Waldman texts Mark Warner about Waldman's efforts to arrange immunity talks between the US government and Julian Assange; Assange is threatening to go public with what he knows about Russian hacking''', the [[Murder of Seth Rich]], and more releases on the CIA's Vault 7:  

{{quotebox|Adam Waldman - Mark, I wanted to let you know that everyone I have spoken with in USG [United States Government] about this matter, each of whom I have also been entirely transparent with about my motives in trying to assist, has assured me that they understand and even as ppriciate my efforts. Perhaps that's wrong but I wanted to pass along to you. I told Assange just as I told the USG that I would end this pro bono role if I found that the objective (safe passage to discuss w USG the past and future leaks) could not be achieved. Br, adam}}

{{quotebox-float|Adam Waldman - Mark, I wanted to let you know that everyone I have spoken with in USG [United States Government] about this matter, each of whom I have also been entirely transparent with about my motives in trying to assist, has assured me that they understand and even as ppriciate my efforts. Perhaps that's wrong but I wanted to pass along to you. I told Assange just as I told the USG that I would end this pro bono role if I found that the objective (safe passage to discuss w USG the past and future leaks) could not be achieved. Br, adam}}

:*FBI Assistant Director Andrew McCabe tells Chief of Staff [[Reince Priebus]] at a one-on-one meeting the ''New York Times'' Russia and Trump campaign story was a “bunch of BS”.<ref>https://mobile.twitter.com/attackerman/status/835140122119131136</ref> Priebus asks McCabe if McCabe would be able to say that publicly.  McCabe said he would check.  Later, McCabe calls back and said he couldn’t issue a statement about it.

:*FBI Assistant Director Andrew McCabe tells Chief of Staff [[Reince Priebus]] at a one-on-one meeting the ''New York Times'' Russia and Trump campaign story was a “bunch of BS”.<ref>https://mobile.twitter.com/attackerman/status/835140122119131136</ref> Priebus asks McCabe if McCabe would be able to say that publicly.  McCabe said he would check.  Later, McCabe calls back and said he couldn’t issue a statement about it.

[[File:Schindler_threat2.jpg|right|350px|thumb|After the sacking of Flynn, the IC spokesmen no longer were making threats against a candidate or president-elect's life, they were calling for open [[sedition]].]]

[[File:Schindler_threat2.jpg|right|350px|thumb|After the sacking of Flynn, the IC spokesmen no longer were making threats against a candidate or president-elect's life, they were calling for open [[sedition]].]]

*'''16 February.''' At a press conference Trump lashes out at the tapping of his [[Oval Office]] phone conversations with other heads of government. Trump says,  

*'''16 February.''' At a press conference Trump lashes out at the tapping of his [[Oval Office]] phone conversations with other heads of government. Trump says,  

{{quotebox|"I called, as you know, [[Mexico]]. It was a very, very confidential, classified call... I spoke to the president of Mexico; I had a good call. '''All of a sudden, it's out there for the world to see. It's supposed to be secret. It's supposed to be either confidential or classified, in that case. Same thing with Australia. All of a sudden, people are finding out exactly what took place [in a presidential Oval Office phone call]. The same thing happened with respect to General Flynn. Everybody saw this. And I'm saying—the first thing I thought of when I heard about it is: How does the press get this information that's classified? How do they do it?''' You know why? Because it's an illegal process and the press should be ashamed of themselves. But more importantly, the people that gave out the information to the press should be ashamed of themselves, really ashamed."<ref>http://time.com/4674061/donald-trump-press-conference-russia-transcript/</ref>}}

{{quotebox-float|"I called, as you know, [[Mexico]]. It was a very, very confidential, classified call... I spoke to the president of Mexico; I had a good call. '''All of a sudden, it's out there for the world to see. It's supposed to be secret. It's supposed to be either confidential or classified, in that case. Same thing with Australia. All of a sudden, people are finding out exactly what took place [in a presidential Oval Office phone call]. The same thing happened with respect to General Flynn. Everybody saw this. And I'm saying—the first thing I thought of when I heard about it is: How does the press get this information that's classified? How do they do it?''' You know why? Because it's an illegal process and the press should be ashamed of themselves. But more importantly, the people that gave out the information to the press should be ashamed of themselves, really ashamed."<ref>http://time.com/4674061/donald-trump-press-conference-russia-transcript/</ref>}}

:*[[Glenn Greenwald]] says on ''Democracy Now!'',  

:*[[Glenn Greenwald]] says on ''Democracy Now!'',  

{{quotebox|"to urge that the CIA and the intelligence community empower itself to undermine the elected branches of government is [[insanity]]. That is a prescription for destroying [[democracy]] overnight in the name of saving it. And yet that’s what so many, not just neocons, but the neocons’ allies in the Democratic Party, are now urging and cheering. And it’s incredibly warped and dangerous to watch them do that."<ref>https://youtu.be/25_iMRx5JBs</ref>}}

{{quotebox-float|"to urge that the CIA and the intelligence community empower itself to undermine the elected branches of government is [[insanity]]. That is a prescription for destroying [[democracy]] overnight in the name of saving it. And yet that’s what so many, not just neocons, but the neocons’ allies in the Democratic Party, are now urging and cheering. And it’s incredibly warped and dangerous to watch them do that."<ref>https://youtu.be/25_iMRx5JBs</ref>}}

:*Adam Waldman texts Mark Warner, likely on the immunity deal for Julian Assange:  

:*Adam Waldman texts Mark Warner, likely on the immunity deal for Julian Assange:  

{{quotebox|"Just want to underscore my opinion and the reason I got involved – this guy is going to do something catastrophic for the dems, Obama, CIA and national security. I hope someone will consider getting him to the US to ameliorate the damage.<ref>https://themarketswork.com/2018/08/08/julian-assange-our-guy/</ref>}}

{{quotebox-float|"Just want to underscore my opinion and the reason I got involved – this guy is going to do something catastrophic for the dems, Obama, CIA and national security. I hope someone will consider getting him to the US to ameliorate the damage.<ref>https://themarketswork.com/2018/08/08/julian-assange-our-guy/</ref>}}

:*''Politico'' falsely reports that the [[Pentagon]] had no record of Flynn's December 2015 visit to Moscow,<ref>https://www.politico.com/story/2017/02/pentagon-responds-michael-flynn-2015-russia-visit-235090</ref> when in fact Flynn asked for permission, was briefed before hand, and was debriefed upon return.<ref>https://themarketswork.com/2019/01/04/were-events-surrounding-flynns-moscow-visit-intentionally-misframed/</ref>

:*''Politico'' falsely reports that the [[Pentagon]] had no record of Flynn's December 2015 visit to Moscow,<ref>https://www.politico.com/story/2017/02/pentagon-responds-michael-flynn-2015-russia-visit-235090</ref> when in fact Flynn asked for permission, was briefed before hand, and was debriefed upon return.<ref>https://themarketswork.com/2019/01/04/were-events-surrounding-flynns-moscow-visit-intentionally-misframed/</ref>

:*Ezra Klein interview with Evelyn Farkas published on [[Vox]]. Farkas goes on the record with some background on her participation in the [[conspiracy]].<ref>https://www.vox.com/conversations/2017/2/16/14630856/evelyn-farkas-trump-russia-flynn</ref>

:*Ezra Klein interview with Evelyn Farkas published on [[Vox]]. Farkas goes on the record with some background on her participation in the [[conspiracy]].<ref>https://www.vox.com/conversations/2017/2/16/14630856/evelyn-farkas-trump-russia-flynn</ref>

*'''23 February.''' [[Kathryn Ruemmler]], attorney for Susan Rice and former White House Counsel to President Obama, sends letter to Sens. Gassley and Graham:

*'''23 February.''' [[Kathryn Ruemmler]], attorney for Susan Rice and former White House Counsel to President Obama, sends letter to Sens. Gassley and Graham:

{{quotebox|The memorandum to file drafted by Ambassador Rice memorialized an important national security discussion between President Obama and the FBI Director and the Deputy Attorney General. President Obama and his national security team were justifiably concerned about potential risks to the Nation’s security from sharing highly classified information about Russia with certain members of the Trump transition team, particularly Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn.<br>[…] While serving as National Security Advisor, Ambassador Rice was not briefed on the existence of any FBI investigation into allegations of collusion between Mr. Trump’s associates and Russia, and she later learned of the fact of this investigation from Director Comey’s subsequent public testimony.}}

{{quotebox-float|The memorandum to file drafted by Ambassador Rice memorialized an important national security discussion between President Obama and the FBI Director and the Deputy Attorney General. President Obama and his national security team were justifiably concerned about potential risks to the Nation’s security from sharing highly classified information about Russia with certain members of the Trump transition team, particularly Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn.<br>[…] While serving as National Security Advisor, Ambassador Rice was not briefed on the existence of any FBI investigation into allegations of collusion between Mr. Trump’s associates and Russia, and she later learned of the fact of this investigation from Director Comey’s subsequent public testimony.}}

:The letter implicates President Obama in FBI FISA abuse coverup and the Deep State coup 1.0 as the Gen Flynn had been cleared by FBI investigator of derogatory information as an agent of Russia on January 4, 2017 and Rice's memorandum to file implicating Obama, Biden, Rice, Yates, Clapper, Brennan and Comey in the [[criminal]] [[conspiracy]] against the newly elected Trump administration.

:The letter implicates President Obama in FBI FISA abuse coverup and the Deep State coup 1.0 as the Gen Flynn had been cleared by FBI investigator of derogatory information as an agent of Russia on January 4, 2017 and Rice's memorandum to file implicating Obama, Biden, Rice, Yates, Clapper, Brennan and Comey in the [[criminal]] [[conspiracy]] against the newly elected Trump administration.

:*Papadopoulos changes cell phone numbers (item 34)

:*Papadopoulos changes cell phone numbers (item 34)