Hard Questions On Who Leaked National Security Adviser Flynn's Phone Conversations Are Now Being Asked

Glen Greenwald, The Intercept: The Leakers Who Exposed Gen. Flynn’s Lie Committed Serious — and Wholly Justified — Felonies

PRESIDENT TRUMP’S NATIONAL security adviser, Gen. Michael Flynn, was forced to resign on Monday night as a result of getting caught lying about whether he discussed sanctions in a December telephone call with a Russian diplomat. The only reason the public learned about Flynn’s lie is because someone inside the U.S. government violated the criminal law by leaking the contents of Flynn’s intercepted communications.

In the spectrum of crimes involving the leaking of classified information, publicly revealing the contents of SIGINT — signals intelligence — is one of the most serious felonies. Journalists (and all other nongovernmental citizens) can be prosecuted under federal law for disclosing classified information only under the narrowest circumstances; reflecting how serious SIGINT is considered to be, one of those circumstances includes leaking the contents of intercepted communications, as defined this way by 18 § 798 of the U.S. Code:

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WNU Editor: Glen Greenwald's above post and Eli Lake's commentary below are must reads. I find it interesting that the reporters and columnists that I follow when it comes to matters of U.S. intelligence are all suspicious on the role that the U.S. intel community may have played in the downfall of National Security adviser Michael Flynn. And while I am not privy to the information that they have .... I just aggregate the news and give my opinion once in a while .... they are all universally pointing their fingers at the U.S. agencies responsible for monitoring and gathering communications as the culprits behind this leak. But it is Glen Greenwald's observation/analysis that struck a chord in me when he said that the Washington Post reporter who broke the story .... David Ignatius .... has built his career on repeating what his CIA sources tell him. Indeed .... I have been posting stories by David Ignatius on this blog for years .... and his sources have always been the U.S. intel community (which is after-all why I have always linked to him). Case in point .... At Least Someone In The Mainstream Media Is Raising Questions On Benghazi (October 31, 2012)

More News On Who Leaked National Security Adviser Flynn's Phone Conversations 

The Political Assassination of Michael Flynn -- Eli Lake, Bloomberg
America's spies anonymously took down Michael Flynn. That is deeply worrying. -- Damon Linker, The Week
FBI needs to explain why Flynn was recorded, Intelligence Committee chairman says -- Washington Post
Former Obama Officials, Loyalists Waged Secret Campaign to Oust Flynn -- Adam Kredo, Washington Free Beacon
Bret Baier: Sources fear ‘intelligence industrial complex’ trying to ‘disqualify’ Trump -- Washington Times
Flynn's downfall exposes intelligence community rift over Trump -- Spencer Ackerman, The Guardian
WikiLeaks: Flynn leaving due to 'destabilization campaign' by Dems, media -- The Hill