Has anyone considered the possibility that Flynn & Co. may have compromised the identities

[thucythucy]

of US human assets (agents) in Russia during his time as National Security Advisor?

It seems to me there were a number of arrests in Russia on charges of "treason" and "espionage" of Russia citizens in the weeks following the Trump inauguration. Flynn (and Trump) would absolutely have had access to the identities of Russians working with US intelligence.

I don't want to float spurious conspiracy theories, but on the other hand it seems like a mighty strange coincidence that these arrests seemed to happen when they did, and I hope someone with the wherewithal to do so is checking this out.

It may seem beyond the pale for a high official in US intelligence to out our own agents like that, but then again we have the example of Valerie Plame.

I certainly wouldn't put it past the Trumpsters, given what we know now (and should have known well before the election).

What a week this has been! What a year, what a strange devolution of our politics.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/27/world/europe/russia-hacking-us-election.html

[Irish_Dem]

1. And also a lot of mysterious Russian deaths in the past year. nt

[Sophia4]

2. Who knows?

But . . . .


The top two officials at the Defense Intelligence Agency said Wednesday that they will retire from those positions in the coming months, part of a leadership shake-up at an agency that is under pressure to trim budgets and shift focus after more than a decade of war, current and former U.S. officials said.

Lt. Gen. Michael T. Flynn is expected to end his tenure as DIA director this summer, about a year before he was scheduled to depart, according to officials who said Flynn faced pressure from Director of National Intelligence James R. Clapper Jr. and others in recent months. His deputy, David Shedd, had been in his job since 2010.

The moves come at a time when the DIA is in the midst of major changes, including an effort by senior Pentagon officials to expand the agency’s network of spies overseas, improve collection on unfolding crises such as the one in Ukraine, and work more closely with the CIA.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/head-of-pentagon-intelligence-agency-forced-out-officials-say/2014/04/30/ec15a366-d09d-11e3-9e25-188ebe1fa93b_story.html?utm_term=.dafe4c7cfad7

Doesn't mean Flynn divulged any secrets.

But he probably knew more than any of us about US intelligence.