I’ve been following this issue for some time, and the article cited is correct factually. I wish it were not.
The upside for Flynn is that Mueller recommends little to no prison time for him based on his co-operation with the Special Council.
As Q says Flynn is a patriot, he may have interacted with Turkey, if he did so at all, to serve and Intel purpose we’re not going to know about. As an Intel person himself, he’d know his actions would be known by NSA.
We’ve seen the Deep State lay down false information well in advance of their plans. The DS is afraid of Flynn.