syria, that s gone. and that is an enormous moment here. it s not really donald trump s. much of the work was put in place by barack obama and many of the diplomatic offices that served through both the administrations. maybe the rules of how they fought have changed under donald trump, but a broader moment for the west and the united states to perhaps look at how the concerted efforts have taken isis out as a territorial force in the middle east. a bit of a messy future to come still, brianna. beat insight. great insight. nick payton-walsh has been following the assault on isis for years. we appreciate it. a career military officer is going to join me in moments live to discuss the change of the president saying he changed the military and isis is on the run because of him. we ll fact-check that. standby.
okay. if the intelligence community and the attorney general knew all this information about mr. flynn, how did he get a security clearance? knew what about mr. flynn? well, that he had had a conversation with the russian ambassador about sanctions? well, that was late, that was the 29th of december or so as reported in the media that took place. january 19th the president was sworn in. how did he get a security clearance? he had a security clearance and had one for a long time. a career military officer, and i don t know the specifics of when his when his fell due. the system is every five years you the current system every five years you re supposed to get a periodic reinvestigation, and i don t know of the details
simply because it s donald trump. it would not surprise me. they just can t do away with the russian story, one of the ways they tried to do it was sean spicer trying to invoke the ghost of barack obama, let s listen to him doing that. general flynn was a career military officer who maintained a high level of security clearance during his career in the military. his last clearance was issued by barack obama in 2016 with full knowledge of his activities that occurred in 2015 that you pointed out. clearly that dog whistle works with trump s base, of saying barack obama, barack obama, but what does it mean, dragging him into that problem? it s just silly, even if he had a clearance under obama and has been pointed out numerous times on this network he was fired.
that michael flynn must have seen the warnings about flynn and cash. this letter explicitly warned general flynn as he entered retirement that the constitution prohibited him from accepting any foreign government payments without advance permission. the pentagon s warning to general flynn was bold, italicized and could not have been clearer. today, the white house responded by blaming the obama administration, the administration that fired flynn nearly a year before donald trump even began to run for president, and by repeatedly deploying the talking point that the current president made all the right decisions. general flynn was a career military officer who maintained a high level security clearance throughout his career in the military. his clearance was last reissued
sentence i would not be surprised if donald trump came in to pouredan him or commute his steps. we saw it happen in the past, during watergate, we saw george w6789 bush s aide, libby. it could hatch i don t know if he will do it preemptively. that said, predicting what donald trump will do is always very hard. it wouldn t surprise me if he did do a preemptive pardon simply bus it s donald trump although it, extremely unusual. heidi, the administration can t shake the russiagate story. there are so many characters and so many developments that keep happening and happening and happening. one of the ways they tried to do it was sean spicer once again invoking the ghost of barack obama in order to get themselves out of trouble. let s listen to sean doing that. general flynn was a career military officer who maintained a high level security clearance throughout his career in the military. his clearance was last reissued