.@emptywheel's longstanding point's well made: FISA has just been used to take down an administration official
And it's all perfectly legalhttps://twitter.com/lawfareblog/status/831624742109114369 …
I think case that Flynn was a CI problem a lot easier to make than many of the legal cases against Chinese American scientists.
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Did Flynn hand off classified info? Did he use his contact for personal or political gain? What's the problem?
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Or did he simply say, "Chill. We don't think the sanctions & expulsions are warranted & we'll rescind them?"
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THink the arg is that when he publicly lied to cover up content of convo he set himself up for manipulation.
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That's a different issue. I agree. The coverup is always fatal.
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I think arg is here that coverup is what made CI issue acute.
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We won't know until we see the transcripts.
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