but we also reported that there were contacts after the election between the russian ambassador, mr. kislyak and michael flynn after the election. these dealt with the setting up of a possible direct channel between russian president vladimir putin and president-elect trump, and that this cnnel could have bypassed the u.s. national security bureaucracy because both sides viewed it as hostile. let's not forget that the department of defense and the u.s. intelligence community were extremely opposed to the exploration by then secretary of state john kerry with cooperation with russia in syria against the islamic state. russians are going to homicide -- to be hostile to the u.s.
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