Flynn’s Russia Problem Turns Into a National-Security Liability
New reporting on February 13 made Michael Flynn’s conversations with the Russian ambassador look less like a minor transition-era blur and more like an active security problem. The White House was forced into damage control just as the vice president was standing behind a version of events that no longer looked sustainable. The episode deepened the sense that the administration had put a compromised player in a sensitive post and then hoped nobody would notice.
First recorded Feb 13, 2017·Meaningfully updated Feb 13, 2017
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Flynn’s Russia Problem Turns Into a National-Security Liability
New reporting on February 13 made Michael Flynn’s conversations with the Russian ambassador look less like a minor transition-era blur and more like an active security problem. The White House was forced into damage control just as the vice president was standing behind a version of events that no longer looked sustainable. The episode deepened the sense that the administration had put a compromised player in a sensitive post and then hoped nobody would notice.
New reporting on February 13 made Michael Flynn’s conversations with the Russian ambassador look less like a minor transition-era blur and more like an active security problem. The White House was forced into damage control just as the vice president was standing behind a version of events that no longer looked sustainable. The episode deepened the sense that the administration had put a compromised player in a sens…
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