U.S. Army General '''Michael T. Flynn''' was the former head of the U.S. [[Defense Intelligence Agency]] who was ousted by the [[Obama administration]] for his criticism of [[President Obama]]'s lackadaisical response to the rise, cross-border aggression, and the atrocious [[human rights]] violations of the [[Islamic State]].<ref>[http://www.newsmax.com/t/newsmax/article/737937?section=Newsfront&keywords=michael-flynn-isis-memoir&year=2016&month=07&date=10&id=737937&aliaspath=%2FManage%2FArticles%2FTemplate-Main&oref=www.google.com] </ref> Flynn advised candidate [[Donald Trump]] throughout the [[2016 U.S. Presidential election]] on [[foreign policy]] matters. Flynn resigned from the position of [[National Security Advisor]] early in the [[Trump administration]] in a [[fake news]] scandal put out by the ''[[Washington Post]]'' using classified information gathered and leaked illegally by the Obama administration targetting targeting domestic political opponents.,<ref>[http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2017/02/14/krauthammer_we_can_not_have_intel_agencies_eavesdrop_on_americans_and_release_it_to_press.html] </ref><ref>[http://www.nationalreview.com/article/445045/general-michael-flynn-national-security-adviser-fbi-investigation-phone-call-russian-ambassador] </ref>intended to influence United States political processes, public opinion, policies, or media.<ref>https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/50/3093 </ref>
==Kislyak==
Flynn's call to Ambassador Sergei Kislyak, the actual audio gathered and any transcript is called “Raw FISA-acquired information,” and its distribution would be highly restricted. At the [[NSA]], not more than 40 or so analysts or senior managers would be read into the classification sub-sub compartment that contains it,<ref>[http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2017/03/23/bob_woodward_if_obama_unmasked_trump_teams_names_it_would_be_a_gross_violation.html] </ref> called RAGTIME-A,B,C D or P, where each letter stands for one of five different categories of foreign intelligence.