Didn't realize the phones were tapped. Smert guy! Maybe we will have to wait for an Assange wiki leak to get the "real story". Ohh wait...... That's a Russian front too.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/nat...a3deed631c

Flynn is like not going to have much problem with this. The Logan act was enacted in 1799 and almost never enforced. Presidents have routinely broken this law without anyone caring. I doubt that will change now over this.

OH MUH PUTIN!

(02-10-2017 11:42 AM)Fo Shizzle Wrote:  Flynn is like not going to have much problem with this. The Logan act was enacted in 1799 and almost never enforced. Presidents have routinely broken this law without anyone caring. I doubt that will change now over this.

I'm sure you are correct.

I think it's just being pointed out that he lied.

Some in this forum used to care about stuff like that.

(02-10-2017 01:13 PM)Fitbud Wrote:  

(02-10-2017 11:42 AM)Fo Shizzle Wrote:  Flynn is like not going to have much problem with this. The Logan act was enacted in 1799 and almost never enforced. Presidents have routinely broken this law without anyone caring. I doubt that will change now over this.

I'm sure you are correct.

I think it's just being pointed out that he lied.

Some in this forum used to care about stuff like that.

Im not prepared to call a retired Army Lieutenant General a liar. Im not sure exactly how all this went down..but..He gets benefit of doubt with me this time.

FO: I remember FOX News making a big deal out of an Obama Cabinet member violating it shortly before the election.

(02-10-2017 01:19 PM)john01992 Wrote:  FO: I remember FOX News making a big deal out of an Obama Cabinet member violating it shortly before the election.

So do I. It's been done so many times throughout many adminstrations that it is not much of an issue anymore. The issue IMO goes to Flynn's honest about it. Im giving him a pass THIS time due to his background. I don't believe there was an intent to lie about this.

Actually I misremembered. Fox News complained about the Hatch act. The Logan act accusations were thrown at republicans for trying to undermine the Iranian nuclear deal. And of course that old Nixon Vietnam allegation.

So in short: republicans don't care because republicans always seem to do it and for that reason it never gets prosecuted.

(02-10-2017 01:27 PM)john01992 Wrote:  Actually I misremembered. Fox News complained about the Hatch act. The Logan act accusations were thrown at republicans for trying to undermine the Iranian nuclear deal. And of course that old Nixon Vietnam allegation.

So in short: republicans don't care because republicans always seem to do it and for that reason it never gets prosecuted.

The Logan act has no teeth and has been violated repeatedly by both gangs. Dershowitz brought out numerous examples on CNN the other night. He claims that it has been usurped so many times that precedent now makes the law unenforcible in court.

(02-10-2017 01:27 PM)john01992 Wrote:  Actually I misremembered. Fox News complained about the Hatch act. The Logan act accusations were thrown at republicans for trying to undermine the Iranian nuclear deal. And of course that old Nixon Vietnam allegation.

So in short: republicans don't care because republicans always seem to do it and for that reason it never gets prosecuted.

The Obama administration was nothing but a Hatch Act violation.

This is not the first time Flynn opened his big mouth to a foreign leader before. The last time he did it? He lost his job.

(02-11-2017 12:08 PM)DavidSt Wrote:  This is not the first time Flynn opened his big mouth to a foreign leader before. The last time he did it? He lost his job.

How'd that work out for him? He's got a bigger, better job, and the guy that fired him is unemployed.

Firings have consequences.

(02-10-2017 11:31 AM)Machiavelli Wrote:  Didn't realize the phones were tapped. Smert guy! Maybe we will have to wait for an Assange wiki leak to get the "real story". Ohh wait...... That's a Russian front too.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/nat...a3deed631c

Thou lascivious deformed ratsbane!

Raises a few questions:

1) Why was the FBI wiretapping a US citizen's phone call?
2) If it was an operation against the Russian ambassador, who is going to be prosecuted for leaking information about a top secret information?
3) Why is this being disclosed in the Washington Post?

The rest is so what? A political person said something that wasn't true. Duh.