Security writer: Trump Allies Being Tried By Innuendo

Ousted National Security Adviser Michael Flynn “has already been tried and convicted in the press,” charges Eli Lake at Bloomberg, even though “he has yet to be charged with a crime” and no news account has “accused him of being disloyal.” What’s involved here, Lake suggests, is “some very dirty business from the national security state” involving “whispers” and “innuendo.” Former Acting Attorney General Sally Yates “never says Flynn was a spy for Russia. But her public remarks to Congress and the media appear designed to leave that impression.” Yet “normally if a US official is suspected of treason, the government collects evidence before hinting to the public what it might be seeking evidence about.” It’s “too soon to say whether Mike Flynn is facing a witch hunt,” says Lake. “But what if they’re wrong?”