Army Commendation Medal (5)
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'''Michael Thomas Flynn''' (born December 1958) is a former U.S. Army General who served as the former head of the U.S. [[Defense Intelligence Agency]], and who was ousted by the [[Obama administration]] for his criticism of [[President Obama]]'s policy toward the [[Islamic State]].<ref>[https://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 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]], [[policy|policies]], or [[media]].<ref>https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/50/3093</ref>