Posted on 02/13/2017 11:32:27 AM PST by FR_addict
-- Where was a the media's outrage when Ted Kennedy attempted to undermine President Reagan by allying with Russia?
In 1983, Kennedy sent John Tunney, a close confidant to Russia, to meet with Russian counterparts and layout Kennedy’s quid pro quo plan to take down President Reagan in the coming election.
A memorandum explaining this plan was discovered in 1991, when Boris Yeltsin, the Russian President at the time, opened up the Soviet archives.
Here is the history of the incident:
“Ted Kennedy's Soviet Gambit” http://www.forbes.com/2009/08/27/ted-kennedy-soviet-union-ronald-reagan-opinions-columnists-peter-robinson.html
The translated memorandum begins:
From: V. Chebrikov, Chairman of the Committee [for State Security, KGB] To: Comrade Yu. V. Andropov, General Secretary of the Communist Party Subject: Regarding Senator Kennedy’s request to the General Secretary of the Communist Party Yu. V. Andropov
Contents of Russian memorandum in link directly below:
http://acmeofskill.com/2009/08/text-of-kgb-chairmans-memo-to-andropov-about-us-senator/
This was actual treasonous behavior. Kennedy was attempting to undermine the Reagan administration’s Russian policy. Although Tim Sebastian, a reporter for the London Times, discovered the information in 1991, there was hardly a peep out of the American press and Kennedy remained a Senator till his death in 2009.
Now we come to the Flynn incident.
Lt. Gen. Flynn was President’s Trump’s choice to be National Security Advisor. This appointment does not need the Senate’s approval.
On Dec 29th Obama decided to announce sanctions against Russia and also expel 35 officials in the last remaining days of his administration. Supposedly these sanctions were put in place because the U.S. Intelligence community said Russia interfered in our elections. The media claimed this interference cost Hillary the election. This point is the talking point for much of the American mainstream media, but the media leaves out many important reasons why Hillary lost the election, including her health concerns, her name calling of the American electorate, her lack of charisma, Hillary’s security breaches for top secret classified information, Clinton Foundation finances and whether the Foundation offered quid pro quo arrangements with donors and foreign governments, and the contents of the DNC and Podesta emails. Regardless of how the emails came into the public domain, the information in the DNC emails was enough to remove the DNC chairwoman
What about Obama’s motives? With less than a month left to go in the Presidency, was he trying to hamstring the Trump administration with these sanctions? Why didn’t he leave the choice whether to enact sanctions to the new administration? The media never questioned Obama on his motives.
Let’s look at one of the articles on the Flynn story. On Jan 23rd, the Washington post wrote an article entitled:
”FBI reviewed Flynn’s calls with Russian ambassador but found nothing illicit” https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/fbi-reviewed-flynns-calls-with-russian-ambassador-but-found-nothing-illicit/2017/01/23/aa83879a-e1ae-11e6-a547-5fb9411d332c_story.html?utm_term=.fccc2b25e43d
The above article indicated their sources agreed that the call was proper and that Gen Flynn & the Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak talked about a range of issues.
On Feb 9th of this year, the Washington Post put out a new article on this story:
“National security adviser Flynn discussed sanctions with Russian ambassador, despite denials, officials say” https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/national-security-adviser-flynn-discussed-sanctions-with-russian-ambassador-despite-denials-officials-say/2017/02/09/f85b29d6-ee11-11e6-b4ff-ac2cf509efe5_story.html?hpid=hp_rhp-top-table-main_usrussia-%3Ahomepage%2Fstory&utm_term=.b9925ac9bb38
In Flynn’s reply to questions, he backed away somewhat from what he originally stated and said he doesn’t remember talking about sanctions, but it was possible. Trump administration spokesperson said they did not see any evidence that Flynn had an intent to make a promise on sanctions after the inauguration. The Post said their sources claimed Flynn told the Ambassador the sanctions would be reviewed. The Washington Post based this article on leaked betrayals of the administration by former and current anonymous agents to the newspaper.
The article conceded that it is normal for high officials in the oncoming administration to contact officials in other countries. Michael McFaul, who was U.S. Ambassador under Obama even travelled to Moscow before Obama’s election win. In hindsight, perhaps Gen. Flynn would have been better off going personally to Moscow.
Whoever is leaking information between Gen. Flynn and Ambassador Kislyak may be committing a crime. Were the conversations taped between Gen. Flynn and Kislyak classified? A whistleblower may report a crime, but not private diplomatic conversations. If they aren’t classified, then the public should be able to see the transcript and judge for ourselves what the real story is here.
On Feb 10th, Washington Post wrote a follow up article,
“Six stunning aspects of the Flynn scandal” https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/right-turn/wp/2017/02/10/six-stunning-aspects-of-the-flynn-scandal/?utm_term=.3c496149865b
The above article is filled with vitriol towards Gen. Flynn and the Trump administration and isn’t even worth this author’s comments.
He better NOT FIRE HIM....PERIOD!!!!! OVOMIT’s cabinet got away with murder and I never remember the mediapukes hollering at the top of their lungs for those individuals to be fired never! So HELL NO!!!
I agree.
He may have said something about the sanctions and didn’t really remember if that wasn’t the focus of the conversation. Seems to me Pence could have listened to the tape. If he didn’t know about the tape, why didn’t he?
So, the media gets to know about the tape, but not Trump and the new admin. This just pure stinks. I want to see the leakers arrested.
They released a statement that the Whitehouse is reevaluating the Gen Flynn incident. Doesn’t sounds good for Flynn.
I don’t like it. Flynn is a good guy. He may have made a mistake, but this is just letting the elites get away with their vendetta against Flynn. If it’s not Flynn, it will be something else. They were on a new tangent on MSNBC.
“Doesn’t sounds good for Flynn.”
Doesn’t sound good just because they are “reevaluating” it?
I imagine that not everyone (Trump) has looked at all of the information, heard the phone calls, the transcripts, etc. Better to look at that and then make a decision than to say “Oh - the Washington Post says Flynn outright lied!? YOU’RE FIRED.”
I have heard Trump say this type of thing several times. Probably for numerous and different reasons. One - (Hmm, this is the first I’ve heard of that) “Yes - we are evaluating the situation.” Or they are still getting/looking at information, consulting with others, etc.
Inasmuch as Gen. Flynn is hardly an accomodationist to the Russians, the person who is leaking this may very well have been played by the Russians (ie. the SRB secret services) in the first place, and, in so doing handed the “leaker” on a platter to Mr. Trump.
Trump has a problem with obmamaumao holdovers in the different bureaucracies— this is being engineered by these obamaumao a-holes (a shadow government, which includes the “whack a mole” former president and his funded, foreign funded, influencing tactics and blabs— it has his hands all over it- his and his pals, to include John Kerry). Time to clean house, and regularly double check who is working within the Trump admin. This is an attempted coup of their own these Leftist a-holes (with their ever present sycophant media friends at CNN, NBC).
Say what you might about Mark Levin— he has labeled these people as the ALT-LEFT and Alinsky tactics, and the silent coup. Constant controversy and criminality when there is none, so Trump cannot succeed. To overturn the election and make these Leftist Socialists permanently running our government (through the media, through the courts, through any other means). It is that dangerous to our Freedom, and we will have to do legal, political and other battle with them- because they will give up. Arrest them, for starters.
Right on! He was a US reserve naval officer and subject to the UCMJ at the time and should have faced the firing squad for treason.
Big Media and the democRAT Party are Alinskyites. The issue is never the issue. The issue is always The Revolution.
Condemning Chappaquiddick Ted doesn’t promote The Revolution. Attacking Donald Trump (and his associates) promotes The Revolution.
Charges of hypocrisy are irrelevant. The left are far worse than merely hypocrites.
I think Trump was outmaneuvered by swamp rats
Flynn Resignation Raises Tough Questions for FBI, Intel Services
http://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2017/02/13/flynn-resignation-raises-questions-fbi-intel-services/
Fox news insider reported 4 or 5 days ago that, in this transition period of inauguration and cabinet filling fights (and all of Trump’s many whirlwind successes managing and beginning his making America great again)— the FBI requested 4 FISA court warrants in their investigations. The FISC (Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act/ Court) is top secret, and we will never know who or what the search (or whatever) warrants were requested for. One thing is for sure— Byron York- no friend to Trump- his article (aped by NYSlimes) that “federal officials who have read the transcript of the phone call to the Russian Ambassador say that Flynn never mentioned lifting the sanctions” indicates that York has major UNI party leakers. Because the only people to be “officials who have read the transcripts” would be those in the intel biz who are freaked about Flynn, and are still leaking to the press. Find them, Mr. Trump, and clean them out.
Hitlery’s little tweet about her queer pal Philippe Reines, the haitian pedophilia connex supplier to the Comet Pizza network (the pedophilia FBI investigation, again) tells you what the uniparty fears most, and frankly, the russian intel svcs are no doubt aware of the predilections of the various democrat machinery (along with controlling Podesta, and the clintons through their “investments” in uranium from the US— which are facts of russian connex to the ALT-LEFT). Would it not be out of the realm of possibility that, like the Left always does ( ie.accusing others of what they are actually doing, an Alinsky deception tactic and in this case continuing with the “it’s the Russians and Trump” meme, perpetuated by the press now about Flynn) when in point of fact the Russians were trying to get hitlery in office (with the “flexible obamaumao’s” help) to totally control our government from within.
Going to take a break from all this, and re-read about Lenin and Stalin’s use of the islamic leaders of the Ukraine (Robert Conquest has this in his books) to push international Communism, because the islamofascists still need to be weeded out- the obamaumao holdovers (like Yates, the dutiful lying “acting” Atty general and the Pakistani muslim brotherhood intel workers for the democrat House Intelligence Committee members for example). Have to have faith that the FBI counter-intel will expose this monumental breach. It is very hard to drain land that has been a swamp for generations, especially when the swamp creatures use Cold War rhetoric and are still feeding from the DC trough while being supported by foreign neo-socialists. Remain vigilant.
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