Kremlin-Baiting
Trump & What is the risk?
Stephen F.
Cohen, @nyu, @princeton University. EastWestAccord.com
Kremlin-Baiting
Trump & What is the risk? Stephen F. Cohen, @nyu,
@princetonUniversity.
EastWestAccord.com
The
intelligence source said there were multiple calls between Flynn and
Kislyak and other reports, including in the Wall Street Journal on
Monday, have said there were "a series of calls."
However,
reacting to the WSJ's report, White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer
told reporters Monday that Flynn and Kislyak made only one phone call
and that it was benign.
Spicer
said the pair discussed a plane crash over the holiday that killed a
Russian military choir, a potential conference on ISIS in Syria, and
setting a conversation between Trump and Putin.
The
details come against the backdrop of questions about whether people
involved in the Trump campaign had any ties to Russia during the
election.
The
Senate Intelligence Committee said earlier this month that it would
investigate the role of Russian intelligence on the U.S., along with
any "links between Russia and individuals associated with
political campaigns."
Flynn's
call, however, was not unusual for drawing the scrutiny of FBI
counter-intelligence agents, one former U.S. counter intelligence
official told NBC News.
The
former official, who requested anonymity to speak about sensitive
information, said it was not uncommon for diplomats or other U.S.
officials to garner such attention to if they are recorded talking to
foreign counterparts.
Rarely anything comes of this, however, because
U.S. officials have wide latitude in how they communicate as part of
their jobs.
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