Our Guy Flynn

[adwinistrator]

Servicemen especially of Flynn's rank require law requires to seek permissio from the secretary of state and the Department of Defense.

A retired general is a private citizen, and doesn't need anyone's fucking permission to speak publicly on television. You're pulling shit out of your ass.

37 U.S. Code § 908 - Employment of reserves and retired members by foreign governments

(a)Congressional Consent.—Subject to subsection (b), Congress consents to the following persons accepting civil employment (and compensation for that employment) for which the consent of Congress is required by the last paragraph of section 9 of article I of the Constitution, related to acceptance of emoluments, offices, or titles from a foreign government:
(1) Retired members of the uniformed services.
(2) Members of a reserve component of the armed forces.
(3) Members of the Commissioned Reserve Corps of the Public Health Service.

(b)Approval Required.—
A person described in subsection (a) may accept employment or compensation described in that subsection only if the Secretary concerned and the Secretary of State approve the employment.

(c)Military Service in Foreign Armed Forces.—
For a provision of law providing the consent of Congress to service in the military forces of certain foreign nations, see section 1060 of title 10.

[TheReal_ND]

Somebody grt this hot head out of here. Take his coat

[kybkh]

1/24 Flynn was cleared by the FBI in regards to his phone calls with Kislyak in December. That was the scope of this specific investigation.

5/10 Flynn has been a target of a separate and ongoing investigation into Russian interference in last year's presidential election, which has reached the stage where federal prosecutors, from the U.S. Attorney's Office in Alexandria, VA, have issued grand jury subpoenas.

SYW, So Your Work! Good enough for DCF but not for FBI, CIA, USJS

[adwinistrator]

1/24 Flynn was cleared by the FBI in regards to his phone calls with Kislyak in December. That was the scope of this specific investigation.

5/10 Flynn has been a target of a separate and ongoing investigation into Russian interference in last year's presidential election, which has reached the stage where federal prosecutors, from the U.S. Attorney's Office in Alexandria, VA, have issued grand jury subpoenas.

SYW, So Your Work! Good enough for DCF but not for FBI, CIA, USJS

Are you asking me to show my work? Not sure if you're disagreeing with either of the statements I made, or just asking for sources, so...

You posted the WaPo article that states clearly, as of 1/23/17:

The FBI in late December reviewed intercepts of communications between the Russian ambassador to the United States and retired Lt. Gen. Michael T. Flynn — national security adviser to then-President-elect Trump — but has not found any evidence of wrongdoing or illicit ties to the Russian government, U.S. officials said

The "U.S. Official" in this Washington Post article is discussing the "review of intercepts". Not the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election, which Comey first acknowledged on March 20th:

Mr. Comey said the F.B.I. was "investigating the nature of any links between individuals associated with the Trump campaign and the Russian government, and whether there was any coordination between the campaign and Russia’s efforts."

While there have not been many leaks as to the progress or timeline of that investigation, it was reported on May 10th that:

Federal prosecutors have issued grand jury subpoenas to associates of former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn seeking business records, as part of the ongoing probe of Russian meddling in last year's election...

The subpoenas issued in recent weeks by the US Attorney's Office in Alexandria, Virginia, were received by associates who worked with Flynn on contracts after he was forced out as director of the Defense Intelligence Agency in 2014...

[kybkh]

The Flynn probe is concerning Turkey.

I want evidence of Trump/Russia collusion.

[adwinistrator]

The Flynn probe is concerning Turkey.

Show your work...

From my previous post:

Federal prosecutors have issued grand jury subpoenas to associates of former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn seeking business records, as part of the ongoing probe of Russian meddling in last year's election

I will say, trying to keep track of all the hearings, investigations, and probes is not an easy task.

Many people are getting the current news about Flynn refusing to respond to Senate Intel Committee subpoenas confused with the completely separate, and much more serious grand jury subpoenas.

There are many different concurrent issues being investigated, and much of it is being kept classified. I have no doubt that Flynn was, or is being investigated for his dealings with Turkey, but to say that is the only thing he's being investigated for is clearly incorrect.

[Speaker to Animals]

Servicemen especially of Flynn's rank require law requires to seek permissio from the secretary of state and the Department of Defense.

A retired general is a private citizen, and doesn't need anyone's fucking permission to speak publicly on television. You're pulling shit out of your ass.

37 U.S. Code § 908 - Employment of reserves and retired members by foreign governments

(a)Congressional Consent.—Subject to subsection (b), Congress consents to the following persons accepting civil employment (and compensation for that employment) for which the consent of Congress is required by the last paragraph of section 9 of article I of the Constitution, related to acceptance of emoluments, offices, or titles from a foreign government:
(1) Retired members of the uniformed services.
(2) Members of a reserve component of the armed forces.
(3) Members of the Commissioned Reserve Corps of the Public Health Service.

(b)Approval Required.—
A person described in subsection (a) may accept employment or compensation described in that subsection only if the Secretary concerned and the Secretary of State approve the employment.

(c)Military Service in Foreign Armed Forces.—
For a provision of law providing the consent of Congress to service in the military forces of certain foreign nations, see section 1060 of title 10.

That law is almost certainly unconstitutional.

They do have a lot of power over you if you have held an SCI-level security clearance, but that's because of national security. They have the power to limit employment of active and reserve troops. But retired? I don't think they could win that case when it reached the very first appeal.

Lots of retirees move to places like Germany because they were stationed there for so long. I wouldn't be surprised if they get part-time jobs working for the government in some capacity. It's silly to require some retired NCO to get Congressional approval to work for a German post office.

[kybkh]

Once again the MHF is months ahead of MSM.



https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/24/us/p ... share&_r=2

[ssu]

Yes, as Flynn's lawyers hinted, he has a story to tell (if he gets immunity)

Jared Kushner, President Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser, spoke in December with Russia’s ambassador to the United States about establishing a secret communications channel between the Trump transition team and Moscow to discuss strategy in Syria and other policy issues, according to three people with knowledge of the discussion.

The conversation between Mr. Kushner and the ambassador, Sergey I. Kislyak, took place during a meeting at Trump Tower that Mr. Trump’s presidential transition team did not acknowledge at the time. Also present at the meeting was Michael T. Flynn, the retired general who would become Mr. Trump’s short-lived national security adviser, the three people said.

It is unclear who first proposed the communications channel, but the people familiar with the meeting said the idea was to have Mr. Flynn speak directly with a senior military official in Moscow to discuss Syria and other security issues. The communications channel was never set up, the people said.

Kushner Is Said to Have Discussed a Secret Channel to Talk to Russia
...and other policy issues.

Lost account on just how many meetings the Trump team had with the Russians.

Anyway, it's fun to listen what the "evil" IC and it's veterans think about establishing a secret backchannel.

[TheReal_ND]

It is unclear who first proposed the communications channel, but the people familiar with the meeting said the idea was to have Mr. Flynn speak directly with a senior military official in Moscow to discuss Syria and other security issues

It's almost like someone had the idea to shut out the quite literally satanic IC from relations with Russia concerning Syria and other places.