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Trump National Security Adviser Michael Flynn Had 'Forbidden' Internet Connection At the Pentagon, Says Report (businessinsider.com)
According to The New Yorker, President-elect Donald Trump's national security advisor, retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, installed a secret internet connection into his office at the Pentagon even though it was "forbidden." Business Insider reports: The network connection was among other rules the former chief of the Defense Intelligence Agency broke because he found them to be "stupid," including sometimes sneaking out of a CIA station in Iraq without authorization and sharing classified information with NATO allies without approval, according to The New Yorker. While Flynn -- who was recently tapped to be President-elect Donald Trump's national security adviser -- apparently had his own private connection, the New Yorker profile doesn't provide a clear picture as to why. It's likely his Pentagon office already had an authorized, unclassified connection to the internet called NIPRNet, which is separate from classified networks such as SIPRNet and JWICS, a former DIA analyst told Business Insider. All of those networks are monitored in some way. A separate, unknown network would not have had the same -- or possibly any -- level of monitoring. If it were implemented in secret, it would also not have the same protections from hackers that a known connection would have. It's also possible that Flynn's Pentagon office was known as a SCIF, or sensitive compartmented information facility -- a secure facility in which intelligence can be discussed without fear of it being compromised. Network connections in SCIFs are closely controlled, and outside electronics such as mobile phones are not allowed inside.
Democrats have not only recently rediscovered the virtues of limit government, but also the virtues of following rules?
Precisely! We had Patraeus convicted, there is a 4 star general who went to jail, and a sailor who went to jail for taking photos in a sub, even though it wasn't explicitly against the rules. Now we have Trump say that he doesn't want to hurt the Clintons - they are 'good people'. It would be one thing if he said it's not a top priority - he'd be right then - but to say that he doesn't want anything to happen to them? Leave that to Sessions and the Justice Department.
But yeah, if Trump wants to give the Clintons a pass, then here's an idea. Pardon everybody who has gone to jail for less, and pro-actively pardon Gen Flynn for having a secret internet connection. I mean, given the way that Obama has been cozying up to America's enemies, like Iran, I fully understand why any patriotic American, like Gen Flynn, would wanna keep his communications secret from this administration. Normally, for violating rules, it would be subject to criminal procedures, but given all we've been through w/ Hilary, the State Department and the Clinton Foundation, what Trump should do is pardon every one of those previous violations, including Gen Flynn's, and start w/ a clean slate.
Given what is being ascribed to Putin here, he should have been on the ballot. If his support is indeed what Democrats claim it is, it's he who would have won the popular vote, not Clinton
They still can't get over that Trump has won. I love it! Cry babies gonna cry.
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