Phone call with the Russian Ambassador. He owned up to it, did the right thing. Much bigger here and much darker going on here, thats the part of the alt radical left and their master plan to damage and destroy the President Donald Trump and frankly as Collateral Damage anyone connected to him. This is about the left willing to do anything to stop President Trump from draining the swamp and changing the status quo and all of the bureaucracy in washington and that means the media bureaucracy, liberal bureaucracy, the lobbyist bureaucracy, et cetera. The d. C. Swamp its rising up. They are colluding, to take down the 45th president and his entire administration. Its that serious. They all radical left is hellbent on annihilating anybody around the president , top advisors like Kellyanne ConwaysSteve Stephen bannon, reince priebus, even dr. Sebastian gorka, even the president s own children, the media attacked his 10yearold son. Mike flynn was already a very divisive and unusual choice for this job because he is kind of a consensusbuilding position and his background is really hot heavy. I know you did not go to law school, i do not know what type of school you went to. They certainly did not teach you civics. You are not worthy to be in the white house, unwilling to be in government if that is what you believe. Unless it is Vladimir Putins government. Saturnine nightlife saturday night live, he was an embarrassment even to. I do not know long how he is going to laugh. Last. A permanent member of National Security council. Sean one by one, the left and liberals in the Mainstream Media have been systematically going down the line and trying to take each and every one of them out. Exactly what we are seeing, hit the target. Freeze it. Personalize it, polarize it, thats exactly what the left is doing, now they smell blood in the water. Their ultimate target is of course the president himself. Thats why the media have brought up the subject of impeachment already. Take a look. Lets not forget there wasnt just one call to the Russian Ambassador, there were five calls to the Russian Ambassador, treasons greetings, general flynn was not acting alone. He was not going rogue. As for flynns investigation, lets go with impeachment sooner rather than later. Its too early for impeachment, its never too early if you understand how dangerous this man really is. They may try to wipe all the communications clean but those communications exist. They exist and they will come out and once they come out, i guarantee you, republicans are not going to stand and watch when impeachment is on the table. Sean he actually went over there, visited and talk to them. Impeachment of the president is clearly the end all for the left, fax, truth, it doesnt really matter. Mike flynn is just a small casualty of that bigger plan. The left is trying to make this into the next watergate, news or the same liberals who fiercely defended Hillary Clinton, ignored and defended the massive private server scandal. In the closet of a mom and pop shop bathroom. The corruption, the pay to play at the clinton foundation. Hillary clintons endless lies. The left was also noticeably silent back in 2012 and president obama was caught on a hot make saying this to the russian Prime Minister to send a message to vladimir. Remember this . After my election. Sean tell vladimir, more flexibility. Dont tell the American People. Moral outrage and hypocrisy of the worst kind. All were saying playing out is what eli lake who will be on next, the political assassination of michael flynn. In it, lake points out that it is so extremely rare for reporters to be told about government monitored communications of private citizens which is what was leaked to the press about flynns calls with the Russian Ambassador. Some of the most highly held government secrets, this is for good reason, selectively disclosing details of private conversations monitored by the fbi or nsa gives the permanent state the bureaucracy in other words the power to destroy reputations from the cloak of anonymity. This is where Police States do. There is no secret that flynn had a very rocky relationship with the National Security establishment. He has even said that he was previously forced out of the government for daring to speak up about the threat of radical islam and the narrative being put out be by the Obama Administration. Congressman devon nunez is now asking the fbi to launch an investigation into where are these leaks coming from . As our own Catherine Herridge reported earlier, when flynn was asked if the leaks were targeted, coordinated and a possible violation of the law, he said yes, yes, and yes. Nobody in the media is telling you that. Ever since donald trump ran for president , there has been this liberal witch hunt, they are salivating. A sense of urgency. Nobody connected to him is off limits. Even his 10yearold son, the media has attacked. His daughter, ivanka, going after a woman. She has been viciously attacked. Now they are boycotts against her clothing line. The media has gone after his son eric and his charity which has donated a lot of money to st. Judes Childrens Hospital and research, but after pressure, eric was forced to shut it down even when don jr. s kid in kindergarten a couple weeks ago. National security correspondent and New York Post columnist paul sperry, i want to go to you, eli, and it start with this. Michael flynn has a pretty productive title here. For good reason, selectively disclosing details of private conversations, monitored by the fbi and nsa gives the permanent state the power to destroy this is where Police States do. The permanent state, defined that. It is the National Security bureaucracy, includes everything from the administrative side of the pentagon, elements of the career military, cia, fbi, it is the people who would have possession of these kind of intercepts and we trust them. It is a public trust that this stuff does not get out into the public willynilly because when you selectively disclose it, it could destroy someone because it was an extraordinary power to read someones emails or listen to their phone calls like that. Sean i have two articles here, one is by kenneth zimmerman, back in 2007 called shadow warriors about the Intelligence Community. The damage they can do. There is a Time Magazine piece by sam frizzell. All of these leaks, ever since donald trump got in the picture. You are saying to the country tonight this is unprecedented. Or not common. The last time i can room or anything like this was in 2009, it was about jean harmon, it was in cq, we almost never see this kind of thing because it is notch as u. S. Citizens, it is u. S. Officials. This happens in banana republics when the police will go after people they dont like, using these extraordinary powers. We trust the nsa and fbi to use these powers to catch criminals and terrorists but that should not interfere in our politics. That stuff is interfering right now in our politics because Mike Flynn Sean theres no way we could not have gotten that information if it leaked no, the question really is, the other thing is this, most senior officials who have high clearances cannot see the names of the people in these intercepts. Thats the other thing. They are redacted. Sean great point. Sarah, i saw you shaking your head. Yes, eli brings up several important points here, even more so, not just what happened with Lieutenant General mike flynn, but think about this, they expose an operation on on the russians as well as other state actors. They said hey, we are monitoring all your phone calls, your cell phone is wiretapped. Your landmines are wiretapped, what are the russians going to do . They are going to tighten their belts and find out how to fix their phone line so that we cannot monitor them. There are people within the u. S. Intelligence community that i have spoken with today and yesterday but say there should be an investigation because basically, they have been burned. By their own. Sean this is what you do. A complete violation of law. Leaks, nine people leaking to the post, others reading transcripts on the phone. There needs to be an investigation into this. This is bigger than what everyone is seeing. Imagine this, right now the russians and other state actors like iran, syria, everybody is burning all of their phones. They know that the nsa has the capability to get into those. Sean that scary. That is insidious and in many cases can be outright evil. Before i get to you, paul sperry, let me plate sean spicer talking about this very topic. Not just in this administration but going back to the bush administration, we have an issue where classified information is handled in such a way that it is being given out and i know in some cases, it is a good story. I understand that, that is your responsibility to some degree. But theres also a story here, with the amount of leaks that are coming out, people that are entrusted with National Security secrets, classified information are leaking it out. That is a real concern for this president. When he was talking on the phone with a world leader, when he is making key decisions in protecting this country that we have to wonder whether or not people who work for our government who are entrusted with classified information and material are leaking that information out. That i do believe its a big story that should be reported. I also believe that the president is rightly so very, very concerned about this because it is not just plaguing the Current Situation but it goes back to the Obama Administration, bush administration, clinton administration. When we have Government Employees that are entrusted with this and then leak it out, that undermines our National Security. Sean paul sperry you wrote to the New York Post, you wrote a column that was extremely disturbing, if true, that obama is scheming to sabotage trumps presidency. Do you see any connection expla. Intel has been politicized, theres no question about that to delegitimize, undermine trump. That goes back to december. These other protests against trump and also republicans from these town hall meetings. Obama and his organizers it turns out are behind those protests. They are not spontaneous, they are being organized. Sean do you think someone in the Intelligence Community could have leaked this as an obama supporter . Quite possibly, in the case of these marches and other protests, these are being organized by groups founded by obama, organizing for action. Its a radical group, it just got a lot of money. They are training an army of agitators to sabotage trump and his policies while at the same time protecting obamas legacy like obamacare and the dreamers. And here is ofa listed prominently on obamas new web site, ofa organizing for action. Sean you think its a lot deeper. Wow. I think weve got a long way to go, based on what all of you are saying, and you are all experts in National Security issues, we need an investigation about where these leaks are coming from. It seems like this is political and damaging a lot of people. Thats the other side of the story that a lot of people are avoiding. Good to see you all. Thank you for your insight, good columns today. Coming up next, right here, tonight on hannity. As time goes on, obviously the situation became unsustainable. 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Live from americas newsroom headquarters, russia has deployed a Cruise Missile in violation of a cold war era treaty. That according to a Trump Administration official. The missile has believed to become operational last year, theres no comments on specifics, its now underway. The alleged treaty violation could be brought up when defense secretary james mattis gives his first meeting in brussels, tomorrow. People are picking up in southeast texas, following this severe tornado outbreak. One of the twisters injuring at least six people. Another caused extensive damage in houston. The wind was so strong, it damaged all three of his cars and the neighbors home. Six confirmed tornadoes. Now, back to hannity. Sean welcome back to hannity, Kellyanne Conway with a verbally criticized while attempting to discuss the resignation of mike flynn. Watch this. You are saying that was the straw that broke the camels back, that the white house knew about that last month, when the Justice Department warned the white house that mr. Flynn or general flynn had not been completely honest in characterizing that conversation with the Russian Ambassador and they even went further to say as a result of that dishonesty, he was at risk for blackmailing by the russians. Thats one characterization, but the fact is that general flynn continued in that position and within the president ial daily briefings, as recently as yesterday. He was there for the Prime Ministers visit from canada yesterday. As time wore on, obviously the situation became unsustainable unsustainable kellyanne, that makes no sense. Sean joining us now, Kellyanne Conway. One observation, we have been friends for over two decades. I see you on media appearances and just my own thoughts, if somebody was a liberal and up woman and was treated in certain circumstances, i feel like it but been news. You feel the media has been extremely hostile towards you . I dont want to feel that way, we get lots of questions. Tough is fine but they should be fair, actually just saying that i made no sense where it made no sense is inaccurate. In this instance. As our press Secretary Sean Spicer said the daily briefing, i white House Counsel review that information and concluded that this is not a legal matter. Ultimately it was a matter of trust. It was not a legal matter that it warranted further at that moment, thats all i was trying to convey. I was answering a couple of different questions. I do find sometimes that their conclusions in search of evidence. If we dont answer it in the way they wanted answered, look, sometimes youre asking a question that is not particularly relevant but we are patiently trying to answer it. Maybe not just the way you want it answered. Look, im not a big fan of talking about sexism and exclusion and all of that. I also think things started to shift when i was a speaker at the march for life. I saw a real change in tone and attitude among many people that i would go and speak at the march for life and of course Vice President pence did as well and he made history doing that. Thats all right, sean. I just want the American People to see all the action this president is taking on. Just today he had a listening session, parentteacher conference with parents and educators from private schools, public, charter, homeschools, we have a new secretary of the department of veteran affairs. Steven mnuchin last night, at the treasury. The president just today rescinded some of these awful regulations and a really remarkable sean i think there are some truths here. I remarkable speed to, the speed of trump, he is moving very quickly. They are more focused on attacking you and attacking ivanka, jarrett, bannon, miller, orca, and even the 10yearold son of the president. I want to know specifically about these leaks though. Sam frizzell, this is not the first time leaks are coming from the Intelligence Community, our friend wrote a piece, about the shadow warriors. Eli lake by the way wrote a piece today about the intelligence leaks. My peace to you is where are these leaks coming from are they against the law, are they coming from people that are loyal to the former administration and when does it stop because its a danger thats associated with these leaks and will there be an investigation . The president made that very clear, we are very concerned about leaks. Particularly as it goes to intelligence and security information. It is extremely concerning, it is not for me to say where they are coming from or whether there would be an investigation but obviously it is taken very seriously by our commanderinchief and president because he