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Wednesday, January 01, 2020

NYT Suppressed This Interview


Fascinating.  Svetlana Lokhova and her ordeal by the press.

Q. Describe the circumstances under which you met Lt. Gen. Flynn. Where were you, what was the scene like, how many people were there? Most important: What did you and General Flynn discuss, and how long did your conversation last?

A. I am a British author and historian. My specialization is Soviet espionage undertaken in the 1930s.

Back in Feb 2014, I was a fellow of an organization called the Cambridge Security Initiative. It was one of many groups consulting on long-term global security issues with amongst others the DIA and other Western intelligence agencies. I was a Russian expert.

General Flynn, was head of the DIA at the time was to co-host a conference with Sir Richard Dearlove in Cambridge in 2015 for the DIA. To honor Flynn’s official visit to Cambridge, CSI hosted a formal dinner at Pembroke College.

There were perhaps at most twenty guests at the dinner who were all pre-cleared in advance with the DIA. I sat on the opposite side of the table away from the guest of honor.

Towards the end of the evening, I was asked by Professor Andrew to ...

Read the whole thing.  The WSJ is the villain of the piece.

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