EXCLUSIVE: Documents Reveal Rush to Target Trump’s National Security Pick in Obama’s Waning Days as President
Fred Lucas /
@FredLucasWH / July 07, 2023
Obama administration officials got access to intelligence information on Trump-appointed national security adviser Michael Flynn, including then-Vice President Joe Biden and then-U.N. Ambassador Samantha Power, pictured in the Oval Office on Aug. 4, 2015. (Photo: Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images)
Heavily redacted documents from the National Security Agency tell at least part of the story of a final-month rush by the outgoing Obama administration to torpedo the incoming presidency of Donald Trump.
The Daily Signal obtained
217 pages of documents from the NSA through a Freedom of Information Act request. The documents reveal that Obama administration officials, from Vice President Joe Biden down to several ambassadors and many officials in the Treasury and Energy departments, gained access to secret information about
Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, President-elect Trump’s choice for national security adviser.
FOIA-unmasking-Gen-FlynnDownloadThe documents obtained by
The Daily Signal include raw information of requests and other messages from these officials to the National Security Agency in late November 2016 through early January 2017, as well as emails among NSA officials explaining why the information was shared.