Larwyn's Linx: Former Obama Officials, Loyalists Waged Secret Campaign to Oust Flynn

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Former Obama Officials, Loyalists Waged Secret Campaign to Oust Flynn: Adam Kredo
CIA broke the law to take out its critic General Flynn: Thomas Lifson
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Russia sends spy ship near US coast, deploys banned missiles: Lucas Tomlinson

Insiders Attempt To Overturn The Election With Attack On Flynn: Chris Buskirk
Shoving Alinsky’s Rules for Radicals Right Back in the Left’s Ugly Face: Kurt Schlichter
Doddering Old Nancy Pelosi Falls Victim To Fake Flynn Twitter Account: NTK

Bumps in the Road: Trump vs. Obama: Michelle Malkin
Trump Responds To Flynn Kerfuffle: “Real Story” Here Are The Illegal Leaks: ZH
White House Aide Slams Obama for Failing to Mention Islam: Natalie Johnson

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Ethics Woes Mount For Embattled de Blasio: ARP
NYT reporter apologizes for calling Melania Trump a ‘hooker’: Yaron Steinbuch

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Russia tests Trump, deploys ground-based cruise missiles in violation of arms treaty: Hot Air
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Brother Of Kim Jong Un Assassinated In Malaysia: ZH

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QOTD: “The abrupt resignation Monday evening of White House national security adviser Michael Flynn is the culmination of a secret, months-long campaign by former Obama administration confidantes to handicap President Donald Trump’s national security apparatus and preserve the nuclear deal with Iran, according to multiple sources in and out of the White House who described … a behind-the-scenes effort by these officials to plant a series of damaging stories about Flynn in the national media.

The effort, said to include former Obama administration adviser Ben Rhodes—the architect of a separate White House effort to create what he described as a pro-Iran echo chamber—included a small task force of Obama loyalists who deluged media outlets with stories aimed at eroding Flynn’s credibility, multiple sources revealed.

The operation primarily focused on discrediting Flynn, an opponent of the Iran nuclear deal, in order to handicap the Trump administration’s efforts to disclose secret details of the nuclear deal with Iran that had been long hidden by the Obama administration.” –Adam Kredo