Network of russian television. It is a part of the russian government. As a flag officer retired, he was not able to receive any kind of compensation from a Foreign Government. Thats what set this off today. So when sean spicer, the White House Press secretary, was taken questions, there were plenty about flynn. One of the things he said was that the trump team had not needed to seek security clearance for retired general flynn because he already had it. He had a fiveyear security clearance that carried with him so he didnt need to put a whole new list of things for that process. That means it was under the Obama Administration. The implication was that somehow the trump team of today was saying the Obama Administration should have looked more carefully about flynn and his financial dealings and any contacts or conflicts we had the rules with respect to his russia visit. So heres how sean spicer tried to explain the fact flynn had clearance and didnt need a new one. General flynn was a