A Quote by Lawrence O'Donnell

Lieutenant General Michael Flynn would fit into that broader pattern.

Lawrence O'Donnell

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Broader Fit General Lieutenant Michael Pattern Would

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Lawrence O'Donnell
American - Journalist
Born: November 7, 1951

Lieutenant General Michael Flynn ran the defense intelligence agency from 2012 to 2014. He served as a top national intelligence adviser to General Stanley McChrystal in Iraq.

Lawrence O'Donnell

I`m just learning that according to a source familiar with the transition process, President-elect Donald Trump intends to select Lieutenant General Michael Flynn as his national security adviser.

Lawrence O'Donnell

[Michael Flynn] become someone who for a lot of his former colleagues, people like Stanley McChrystal who looked at General Flynn and sort of said, this is not the person I thought I knew.

John Heilemann

I don't know General Michael Flynn well, but it's hard for me to believe anybody would allow themselves to be blackmailed by the Russians because they didn't tell the full story or didn't tell the truth to the vice president of the United States who works 50 feet down the hall.

Robert M. Gates

General [Michael] Flynn has been in touch with diplomatic leaders, security leaders in some 30 countries. That's exactly what the incoming national security advisor should do.

Mike Pence

Whether you're a second lieutenant working with a captain and a lieutenant colonel, or a four-star general working with the Office Secretary of Defense and the White House, the decision makers have got to have ground truth. Otherwise, the decisions they make could be flawed - and that can be dangerous.

John F. Kelly

I have the utmost confidence in General Mattis, General Flynn, General Kelly, Dan Coates. I couldn't have picked a better team. And so I'm confident that Donald Trump will listen to them and be guided by them.

John McCain

I think certain periods of history don't get dealt with because I think historians, and it's their job, but they look back and look for patterns. They look for sequences and they look for reasons, and certain periods of history don't fit with the general pattern of 1500 to the 20th century, during which there's the creation of the United States. At this time of 1814, two nations who would eventually become close allies were at war with each other, so it doesn't quite fit.

Steven Knight

The one thing I was always told is you absolutely have to tell truth to power. Whether you're a second lieutenant working with a captain and a lieutenant colonel, or a four-star general working with the Office Secretary of Defense and the White House, the decision makers have got to have ground truth.

John F. Kelly

[Michael Flynn] has just said that the U.S. Justice system is corrupt.

John Heilemann

[Michael Flynn] has called President [Barack] Obama a liar.

John Heilemann

Michael Flynn is a very controversial figure for a variety of reasons.

Lawrence O'Donnell

To get some of the substance of why [Michael] Flynn [is Defense Adviser] is so controversial.

John Heilemann

Michael Flynn was one of Trump`s top national security advisors throughout the campaign.

Lawrence O'Donnell

[Michael Flynn has] seen at a dinner party famously sitting next to Vladimir Putin.