From the New York Times. I Michael Barbara. This is the daily today: a wiretapped phone call, russian diplomats, fear of black a loose slipped army general and a White House in crisis from fateful call Resignation Forty seven day fall of Donald Trump National Security adviser Michael Flat, tell the whole story. It's Wednesday February, fifteen, in early December, after Donald Trump selection, but before his inauguration, Washington reeling, because what has been rumour four months is now being confirmed by american intelligence agencies. Does

then the sin and russian hackers managed to infiltrate the computer network at the Democratic National Committee and United States formerly charge that Russia organised a hacking, democratic political site and state election systems. The cyber attack on the Democratic National Committee and the equal account of Hillary Clinton campaign chairman was authorized by the russian government it's what federal officials are, calling an extraordinary effort to influence the outcome of an american presidential election. The growing consensus is that Russia chose sides in an election and they chose tromp now the President elect a President Obama in the final days of his administration is under pressure to respond more forcefully to those attacks and is drawing up a plan to retaliate against Russia. Our goal content

is me to send a clear message to Russia not to do this. Do this because we can do stuff to you. I made all this to men get on the phone one from the United States, one from Russia. The man from United States is Lieutenant ten, a general Michael, flatter, retired military officer. Was this moment a private citizen, but within weeks will become the National Security Advisor for Donald Trump. The Russian is there. Ambassador to United States. Sergei I kiss you lack Matthew Rosenberg as a national security reporter in Washington. He's been documenting this complicated series of events and has known Michael Flint for years flimsy working class, kid from Rhode Island he goes to to uterus. Reality is already see, gets in the military.

Andy rising to the rank. She's an intelligence officer and is star, really begins to shine from the Warner Rock. Where he's working for a general Stanley, Mcchrystal and they're dismantling arcade on a rock and Flynn kind of Games is revocation, is having this amazing knack for out of mapping out terrorist networks and dismantling them, and it's here that Flynn kind of becomes this kind of bigger than life figure. He. He writes an entire report publicly criticized me how intelligence collected and how it survived the war effort really solidifies. Its reputation is kind of brash officer was willing to buck the trend in tailed rock. If you are wrong, when he gets the Washington family finds out he's under investigation bees among his unconventional and I'm way of doing business, was he try to share and tell with Pakistanis about some Taliban turn that way: and in his thinking there was just kind of classic flame and somewhat Mcchrystal was we want to get the Pakistanis to help us so we're going to try and like Shane them a little bit into doing this really tell them. We know what they're up to and that they're helping

guys, but that was like CIA intelligence. They were pretty pissed about that. Are it back to this call? Why is Michael Flynn having this conversation in December? So look the trump campaigners One point is gonna, be international straight adviser, he's gonna, be appoint personal foreign affairs defence stuff, like that, so he's Hardly the effort there, any immigration makes an transition to reach out to allies, adversaries of leeward leaders and officials around the world. Darbyshire relationship. So this conversation goes from a typical courtesy call into a discussion of policy. What policy specifically gets discussed? They begin to talk sanctions. Now the bomb initiation of that plan within a day away from opposing imposing sanctions over the russian election. Hacking And there you know what kind of open secret that was coming, but we ve been told is that the message Flynn delivered was pretty unambiguous, subtle but but pretty clear, which was that look anything.

Sanctions that are coming. Dont react: don't overreact, the Obama administration, ministrations. Russia's problem, not the United States when Trump is an office, It will be many avenues for cooperation, so let's not mess anything up right now, so any sanctions. How does Russia react? It doesn't I mean it really depressed them off and Trump also gets on Twitter, saying you couldn't really smart for not rising to the bait. Here is it's an amazing kind of influence went to dances. You know we can't connect all these dolls here right now, but not look rate. So the implication here very much. She would be that the muted response from Russia was maybe in part or even more because of Flynn and people like him what's technically wrong with that No it its legally there's nothing wrong with it. You know, but it's really really untoward to get on the phone with an adversary and say that the current present United States,

whom we are supposed to be loyal and flint. Certainly isn't. That point is wrong and Indus ignore them and to really undercut the actual government, the United States. At that moment that's considered incredible breach of protocol send him and with good reason. You know if you had a three month transition where you had to different camps, kind of trying to make policy and telling far adversaries or allies having you're gonna to be. You can run the country that way every four years you have. This great whole NGO in having a lot of Americans would find it pretty unseemly, Deanna Poland, a country like Russia, is just accused of trying to help when the election. And you're on the phone saying a word, and you too don't worry about the card people, so this call is being recorded, why is the call being recorded and by whom? Is it being recorded? so it's the FBI, lessening the FBI. Hide in listening to the russian ambassador phone call. Since what like making forty two with a thirty eight, I mean,

Davy, listen to these phone calls for a long time. So they pick this all up. Their initial concern was that the class on information was discussed. They do at some point assess that, like nobody, broken a larger discussing classified information, but he did get on the phone and say: look talk policy, talk about sanctions and undercut current american policy with the russian ambassador, else might be each dropping on this call as well. I mean well the Russian, certainly where they were part of it. I mean that in that they know everything about the call, because the ambassador can report back exactly what was said today recorded. Possibly I don't know we assume they did but we're not. Yeah, not yours- on their cell phones, it's kind of recording herself a little bit Someone like Flynn, given his military experience and the fact that is about to become the National Security Advisor I'd states wouldn't have known that. A call like this would be recorded by at least one side. You'd think you think you would know can be recorded

He will be the first in a long as two generals to do things that you think they are better. I mean look at David Tress. Now we having an affair with bagger, for they were using a gmail dead drop. You know There are, as they're gonna. Heidi Hautala information. I mean I was not cutting edge in scottish run of the CIA. The time I hit love love is blind, but, yes, the island blinding. When the Russians Autonoe, but he's really thought they could be good allies. So one to accord at this telephone who finds out about the call it starts filtering through the FBI. They ve got the national strategic value on the phone. They need to make sure no classified information is discussed there. How looking too, how to make sure everything's kind of legal- and it does seem unusual and starts building way up and it gets a department of justice and keep the kind of moving its way up there. The same time for second week of January NEWS, media reports come out a bomb shell out of Washington today that we need to address quality back. He discussed. U S, sanctions with

a russian ambassador before President Trump took office. Nine courage in former government visuals, told the Washington Post that national security adviser, Michael Flynn, discuss you sanctions against Russia with Russia's ambassador before taking office trump. Campaign is adamant at the time they say: hey, not look at here. What I can confirm having spoken about it, is that those conversations that happen to occur around the time that the United States took action to expel diplomats. Had nothing whatsoever to

with those sanctions and internally, that's apparently what funny told people my pants it ask him about it, that's what he has told you know, I think that's workflow starts getting to real trouble. That point he's now lie to people and the Russians know the truth will be right back America's biopharmaceutical companies have one very important thing in common: a common enemy they're, making great progress because their collaborating ways they ve never done before. In a matter of weeks, they progressed from potential treatments for cover nineteen to Anna bodies and antivirals that have shown positive results to several promising vaccine candidates. Get the latest updates at Ph Rna Dot, Org Slash corona virus, because science is how we get,

to normal, but weaker too has now passed, since the phone call has come to the attention of the media. Donald Trump husband sworn in its President and Michael Flint is now- officially his national security adviser. So once the Trump team is in office, you know after the inauguration, the Department of Justice senior people come to treat people say: look we ve got a transcript Flynn has misled these some people in this white else loudly President ass, pretty amazing and that's kind of blackmail. Wanna, one that give you have a big secret and a foreign power can find out about it. You don't get a clearance bees, your son, the oblique male risk when we say blackmail what exactly I mean you know so, here's the thing. First of all, it was a risk. We have no evidence and envy was blackmailed, but say your Russia, you ve, got to see you you, you know, might find us and want to seek round. This is like, I think, what the investigators one would imagine. This is a potential there. Thinking of you, gotta say

I want to know about you know what you guys are thinking on an issue asked: what are you guys going to do about Ukraine? And if you don't tell us, hey, you know we'll expose your secret. You know that could get you fired, that could kind of destroy your professional life and that's a pretty big thing to hold it for somebody permanent leverage that they would hold over him exactly to drive either advantage. Attract information, yet so the Department of Justice, so that gets warning the White House. You may have a blackmail problem, you don't even know about you Well, you ve got some kind of rich there, and this is a guy who who has clearance to everything. Another way topsecret clearances work in the asked there called compartmentalized having any need to know basis so see you and I both clearances ion drones. You do wiretapping. I can't see the wired having stuff, you can see the drowned stuff Flynn. He can see everything he can see whatever you want. He sees a presidential daily briefings and he's got

jewels there. So this is the kind of thing that that that the justice department- as you know, they should be concerned about- and the White House response at that moment when the Department of Justice is telling them about this vulnerability to blackmail from our biggest one our biggest adversaries. Russia is what They react internally hard to tell I mean right now, they're saying they were looking at stuff but seemed to shrug off Flynn kept, go any certain kept us working in a sea like business as usual, so on Monday night of Course Flynn. Finally, does step down and on Tuesday I want to address events of last night. First and foremost, the witness per Secretary Sean's by Sir says, as Charles Crowd Homer said last night is quoth perfectly reasonable for him to so it's not unusual for Poland to be doing something like this to be having a car like this. In fact, he spoke with over thirty of his counterparts

drop the transition. What's unusual spice her said, is any misled. The president and the present, for his part, says it's not what Flynn did it's, that it was meat. I mean they're. There are so many issues of those statements and MR the spice your statement. Yes right is something usual for flinty, be talking the russian ambassador. It is unusual for them to be talking about current policy and preferring to be under cutting it. That is a highly unusual thing. So that's when I get out of the way I think trumps Tweet NOME says a lot about how he views a situation that the problem really is in Flynn. It's the leaks, it's the. The news is the public perception of it at that. I have to read stories about an have to hear about it and of all the news. Media would just stop reporting on this. One ammunition limits to this

Ok, so that explains spice are in trouble. What's the actual problem here in your mind that forced him out of the White House, it looks like the perception issues. The problem you know, there's a whole issue with Trump and Russia and the connections there. There is FBI investigations into a number of people who were close to tromp, including as former campaign chairman Paul Manner for and suddenly you ve got Flynn is beyond the lightning rod for this people are talking Flynn. Russia Flynn, Russia and Flint has had this real pro. Russia bent where he sees Russia's natural ally of the United States in the war against Islam is stream ISM and that we should be working closely with Russia and he's had this growing relations with Russia, since he left the defence and how does it and see he was a guest at our tee. The russian network that the American hottest Committee considers a propaganda outlet. Former director of the? U S, defence intelligence Agency, Michael led now joining us lies on eighty international Michael's. Thank kisses. The television orient when, when we play this sort of,

Bobby game against each other between the United States and Russia, and that's going to achieve nothing. And there's gonna Jeeves actually more conflict. He did a paid speaking engagement on behalf of our team. Twenty five teen and went to their anniversary Party in Moscow and at the dinner he sat next to Vladimir Putin. Pictures are everywhere and oh there's, a real appearance issue here, Flynn being way too close to to a country that that everyone from the chamber, the joint Chiefs of staff to the director of the CIA, considers America's poppy biggest potential access that potential threat in the world and now every day flimsy become the focus of this. For the White House. He is a total distraction. And that seems be why he went not busy how the call or not be misled anyone about it, but as he very badly advances story line that the Trump. Why has does not like, maybe can tolerate and you know it's a weird Whitehouse trumps me the decisions here and nobody seems to know what you think in half a times. They all seem to be speaking to him through us, sometimes through them.

You're killing at four o seven. Does the national security adviser right now enjoy the full confidence of President Trump Saying Flint got full confidence Yes, general friend does enjoy the full confidence of the president and the big weak for general flan hastily later spacers talking about you, know well no evaluation, and by eleven p m he's out and that's a pre talk about a quick decline. In fact, he was out so quickly that both mean other colleagues know two friends of ours and ask gritty council who said they didn't see any resignation they found out about it from the times they weren't even told internally. It's it's a pretty amazing, though I mean you at a national surety version for twenty five days, That's pretty short! If anyone, I guess, maybe you thank you very much thanks a lot, the new,

times is reporting that President Tromp was told more than two weeks ago. That Flint had not told the truth about his interactions with the russian Ambassador House. Secretary Sean Spices, says the president had been reviewing the situation during that time and ultimately decided. That Flynn must resign Flynn will be replaced by seventy two year old retired General Keith Kellogg, a decorated veteran of the Vietnam WAR, Here's what else you need to know today, Michael Flensburg, ones are moving from the White House overtook Congress Republican sent Roy Blunt is calling for an exhaustive investigation into the Trump administrations connections to Russia. I think we should talk general plan very soon. And that should answer a lot of questions. Why did he

What did he do and is there any reason to believe that anybody else knew that end didn't take out of action they should attack. The times is reporting that the F b I interviewed Flynn, the call in late January. That raises the stakes of the scandal. If Flynn was an entirely honest with the FBI could expose to a felony charge in Non Flint NEWS and impotent a group of american scientists, is supporting an idea. That's been ethically unacceptable for years. Johnny equally engineering human embryos, but only two he's or disability and finally, in New York, the forty year old murder case of eight on paper? Forty year old murder, case of eight on the first missing child to be shown on a milk cardan has been solved Emily has waited a long time. We finally have found some measure of justice for a wonderfully

boy item in nineteen: seventy nine, when he was six years old, hates disappeared while walking to the school bus on his own for the first time, a long time suspect who worked at a downtown convenience store on pages way to that bus, stop was convicted of murder and kidnapping onto I'm, really grateful. I'm really grateful that the story, finally came back with what I have known for a long time. This man can't overlanders and skill. Are doing something really terrible. So many years ago. That's it for the daily I Michael barbaric, see tomorrow. Support for the daily comes from tee in tee presenting the alien is

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