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Intel chief Ratcliffe declassifies transcripts of Flynn calls
By Olivia Beavers - 05/29/20 04:17 PM EDT

Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe on Friday announced that he has declassified the transcripts related to Michael Flynn’s conversations with a Russian diplomat during the presidential transition.

Ratcliffe, who was sworn in Tuesday, said it was his decision to declassify the documents relating to the former national security adviser in an effort to provide "transparency" while protecting sources and methods.

“As I stated throughout the confirmation process, transparency is vital to allowing the American people to have confidence in the Intelligence Community. As the Director of National Intelligence, it is my obligation to review declassification requests with the overarching priority of protecting sources and methods, while also providing transparency whenever possible," Ratcliffe said in a statement.

“Accordingly, today the Office of the Director of National Intelligence declassified transcripts concerning Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn,” he added.

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https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/500175-intel-chief-ratcliffe-declassifies-transcripts-of-flynn-calls
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Re: Intel chief Ratcliffe declassifies transcripts of Flynn calls
« Reply #1 on: May 29, 2020, 08:50:41 pm »
Great news. I was a little concerned at Grenell’s departure from the DNI post, fearing the declassification of documents related to the Mueller investigation would suddenly cease. There’s much still to learn.

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Re: Intel chief Ratcliffe declassifies transcripts of Flynn calls
« Reply #2 on: May 30, 2020, 05:07:16 pm »
IIRC, Grennell had done the work on these docs, leaving the final decision to Ratcliffe. And his decision signals that the Dems' move to get Grennell out may not accomplish what they'd hoped.

BTW, IIRC, Judge Sullivan's deadline for explaining his action is this coming Monday. So this release hits him, not in his declining to dismiss delay, but in his outburst a year or two ago when he characterized Flynn as treasonous. So this hits Judge Sullivan as well as the Mueller team and the Obama "Justice" Department and CIA (and more?).
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Re: Intel chief Ratcliffe declassifies transcripts of Flynn calls
« Reply #3 on: May 30, 2020, 07:33:30 pm »
https://lidblog.com/flynn-kislyak-calls/

They Screwed General Flynn For THIS? Read The Transcripts Of Flynn-Kislyak Calls (Embedded)
by Jeff Dunetz | May 29, 2020
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Brand new DNI Ratcliffe sent the transcripts of phone conversations between Flynn and Kislyak that were declassified by Rick Grenell to Sens. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, and Ron Johnson, R-Wis., on Friday. They released it to the public (see below). A reading of the transcripts is more evidence that the FBI, DOJ, and President Obama screwed General Flynn and started and advanced the Russia hoax for absolutely nothing.   Flynn-Kislyak calls

The released phone calls include a Dec. 23, 2016 call between Flynn, Kislyak, and Russian diplomat Aleksandr Pchelyakov, a Dec. 29, 2016 call between Flynn and Kislyak; a Dec. 31, 2016 call between Flynn and Kislyak; a Jan. 12, 2017 call between Flynn and Kislyak; and a Jan. 19, 2017 voicemail from Kislyak to Flynn.

As for the most significant issue about the call, the Obama administration’s Russia sanctions because of election interference they were discussed but not in the way the liberal media described three years ago. Flynn tried to keep things from getting out of hand. Flynn urged the Russians that if they had to reciprocate, do not make it bigger than what the Obama administration did, otherwise it would force a cycle of escalating tit for tat responses.

Foreign policy people in a transition team are in an awkward position. They are not supposed to do anything that undermines the current administration, but they are getting to know other countries' representatives and vice versa. In the past, outgoing administrations respected the balance beam walk of those transition team foreign policy people.

The outgoing Obama Administration did not. Flynn's message to the Russians amounted to, "Don't do anything stupid that will make matters worse." This did not interfere with Obama Administration actions or policies, and didn't really say in what ways Trump's policies would be different. But some FBI officials decided that these utterly benign conversation violated the Logan Act and could be a wedge to destroy Flynn and damage Trump.
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