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DNI Ric Grenell Declassifying Flynn-Kislyak Transcripts: “The IC doesn’t have all the transcripts/summaries….it wasn’t our product”…
CONSERVATIVE TREEHOUSE ^ | 5/22/2020 | SUNDANCE

Posted on 05/22/2020 8:01:54 PM PDT by bitt

Acting Director of National Intelligence Richard “Ric” Grenell announced today he is in the process of declassifying the transcripts of the calls between Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak and former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn.

Within a twitter response by Grenell, part of the riddle behind the transcripts gets a little more clarity: “The IC doesn’t have all the transcripts/summaries…. it wasn’t our product.”

https://theconservativetreehouse.files.wordpress.com/2020/05/grenell-kislyak-flynn-transcript.jpg

The implication here is the U.S. Intelligence Community (IC) did not generate one of the transcripts; that evolved into an FBI equity, and was later used in their case against Lt. General Michael Flynn. The December 29, 2016, intercept was not exclusive to the U.S. intelligence apparatus, and the call summary became proprietary to the FBI; the agency exploiting the underlying content.

This makes sense and explains how the FBI was able to manipulate the framework of the call and keep the remaining U.S. intelligence system away from their internal plan.

There was more than one phone call and conversation between Flynn and Kislyak. Some immediately after the election and in/around mid-December 2016. Reports of those contacts and communications WERE in the U.S. IC network and those reports led to unmasking requests. However, the specific December 29th communication was not an exclusive intercept of the U.S. intelligence community and therefore easier for the FBI to shape.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: flynn; funpantsblog; grenell; kislyak
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To: volunbeer

Thanks for the great reply. I had forgotten about Baker at the Pentagon, and the finger being pointed at him as the source of the leak. I also didn’t know that Jensen was former FBI. Barr made a good choice there. And thanks for the link to the Lee Smith article. I’m going to go read it now.


21 posted on 05/22/2020 11:56:31 PM PDT by mass55th ("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne)
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To: bitt

Wray better get on this QUICKLY!/s


22 posted on 05/23/2020 2:53:16 AM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: bitt

I’m not sure I understand. We classify the transcript of the call between the incoming Trump administration and the Russian Ambassador to keep the Russians from knowing what was discussed?


23 posted on 05/23/2020 3:43:57 AM PDT by conejo99
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To: bitt

Bkmk


24 posted on 05/23/2020 3:50:41 AM PDT by smvoice (I WILL NOT WEAR THEok RIBBON.)
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To: bitt

It’s quite interesting that the IC doesn’t have the full transcript of the Flynn-Kislyak call, but the FBI does. It’s quite likely that Comey’s FBI ‘cut’ the transcript and then leaked it in order to make Flynn look worse than he really was.

Maybe it is this activity that has prompted ‘Come Late to the Party’ Wray to so belatedly investigate his agencies participation in the wrongdoing. Let’s hope.


25 posted on 05/23/2020 3:57:18 AM PDT by norwaypinesavage (Calm down and enjoy the ride, great things are happening for our country)
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To: circlecity
I am working on a Flynn timeline which I plan to post on FR as soon as I can figure out the HTML code to present it in a table format, and this is some of the info from that.

Here is the significance, IMO:

The full transcripts have never been made public. And even the ones not made public appear to have been massaged by the FBI into "summaries" which is exactly the same dishonest practice they use with their 302 forms to memorialize their interviews, said 302 form content being derived from handwritten notes agents take.

They key of it all is that they (Comey, McCabe, Yates, et al) very likely couldn't have done this if there had been an exact, unedited transcript of the call. Note the reaction of VP Pence when shown what was likely a selectively edited summary that may have been missing context: "...This is totally opposite. It’s not what he said to me...”

Much of this boils down to what was actually said, and there is a VITAL and IMPORTANT distinction. Flynn said he didn't discuss sanctions with Kislyak. Flynn even knew that his conversations were being monitored. In his account, Flynn said to both the FBI interviewers AND VP Pence that he NEVER discussed sanctions, either the 2014 sanctions for the Ukraine invasion or sanctions being considered in the future after the Russian. diplomats were ejected on 12/29/2016.

However, Flynn openly said he DID discuss the Persona Non Grata ejection of the Russian diplomats.

Here is the important distinction: Persona Non Grata ejections and Sanctions are TWO DIFFERENT THINGS. The "Countering Russian Hostilities Act of 2017" wasn't introduced in Congress until 1/11/2017 (and was never passed).

The Sanctions Act was introduced 13 days after the Flynn-Kislyak call in which Flynn was accused of discussing sanctions. Compare this text to the text of Executive Order 13694 which discusses the actions taken against Russian nationals on US territory accused of cybercrimes. This bill outlined below had not even been thought of or introduced on 12/29/2016, and even if it had, Flynn would not have been privy to the construction or discussion of it.

26 posted on 05/23/2020 5:31:43 AM PDT by rlmorel (The Coronavirus itself will not burn down humanity. But we may burn ourselves down to be rid of it.)
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To: House Atreides
...Wray knows it...

Wray’s days are numbered and he knows it.

He will be fired immediately after the election — by Trump for his corruption, or Biden because he’ll want his own, either Harris or Holder.

Wray is in a hunker-down mode right now. He’ll need friends in the Deep State when he’s gone. He’s biding his time and waiting for the inevitable.

27 posted on 05/23/2020 5:39:45 AM PDT by Magnatron
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To: bitt
There was more than one phone call and conversation between Flynn and Kislyak.

Rice said that in the redacted part of her Email that threw Comey under the bus.

I wonder if there were different conversations used for different things.

Rice talked about law enforcement and the intelligence.

28 posted on 05/23/2020 6:55:09 AM PDT by stylin19a ( 2016 - Best.Election.Of.All.Times.Ever.In.The.History.Of.Ever)
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To: conejo99

In theory, we classify the transcript to keep the Russians from knowing that we know what was discussed. In fact, the transcript is classified to keep the American public in the dark about what is going on.


29 posted on 05/23/2020 7:06:40 AM PDT by shooter223 (the government should fear the citizens......not the other way around)
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To: bitt

I am interested in where is Adm Rodgers in all this? Should he not be a part of this revelation? Anyhow....


30 posted on 05/23/2020 7:14:07 AM PDT by Shark24
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To: rlmorel

Excellent post @26

It is becoming pretty clear that Flynn was set up by everyone. DOJ, FBI, the Mueller crew, and a willing and complicit media.

At some point in the future I expect Pence to come out and say something publicly along with Trump about what happened.

I think the story will eventually be -

Flynn did not lie. The cabal leaked a selectively edited transcript of the call and pitched the media that Flynn was somehow compromised. They purposely twisted it so that they could tell the White House (and media) that what Flynn told the Russians was different than what Pence said on the Sunday news shows. Gee, I wonder who fed the reporters the questions for Pence?

Pence believed McCabe and Yates and likely could not imagine they would lie to him. I don’t think Flynn remembered the details of the call (he was on the beach in the DR with his wife on vacation). The White House faced its first crisis and the intel community was blowing them up over Flynn.

Trump fires him to deal with the crisis.

It all appears quite clever in hindsight and it relied on the belief of the administration that the “professionals” would not lie to them or play some game to manipulate them.


31 posted on 05/23/2020 7:25:14 AM PDT by volunbeer (Find the truth and accept it - anything else is delusional)
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To: bitt
***“The IC doesn’t have all the transcripts/summaries….it wasn’t our product”…***

If it wasn't the IC's product AND Flynn was NOT unmasked - was the source a foreign intel agency?     ...FVEY?     Iti?     ...? Inquiring minds want to know! 😕

32 posted on 05/23/2020 9:55:36 AM PDT by Bob Ireland (The Democrap Party is the enemy of freedom.They use all the seductions and deceits of the Bolshevics)
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To: rlmorel
Thanks for working on the Flynn timeline. Ping me on updates, please.

I think a more thorough exposition is in order. For example, whatever dates you have for Flynn/Kysliak phone conversations might be grouped together. However, the phone conversation used as the basis for investigation & prosecution of Gen. Flynn - December 29, 2016, with Flynn in the Dominican Republic - would seem essential to the timeline of FBI legal actions.

Also see my post below concerning Grenell's quote that the Dec 29 phone transcript is not 'our product' - and other statements that Flynn's part in this conversation was not 'unmasked' - obviously implies some outside source for the call or the transcript, possibly a foreign source. Dates connected with this nuance and its implications might prove useful. Indeed, an in-depth timeline might prove conclusive as to exposure to the truth as to what happened. :^)

33 posted on 05/23/2020 11:32:35 AM PDT by Bob Ireland (The Democrap Party is the enemy of freedom.They use all the seductions and deceits of the Bolshevics)
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To: Bob Ireland

I agree, and will plant to put something in there...thanks for reminding me of that.


34 posted on 05/23/2020 5:04:49 PM PDT by rlmorel (The Coronavirus itself will not burn down humanity. But we may burn ourselves down to be rid of it.)
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To: bitt

Hey Adam Schiff for brains! Heads up!

5.56mm


35 posted on 05/23/2020 5:19:45 PM PDT by M Kehoe (DRAIN THE SWAMP! Finish THE WALL!)
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