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On Nov 22, 2015, Chuck Ross of the Daily Caller published an article on the ties between the followers of Fethullah Gülen and the Hillary Clinton campaign.

dailycaller.com/2015/11/22/fol…
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A year later, Gen Mike Flynn writes an op-ed for The Hill on Gulen, stating that “Washington is harboring Turkey’s Osama bin Laden.”

thehill.com/blogs/pundits-…
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3 days later, on Nov 11, 2016, Chuck Ross publishes a story revealing a lobby contract between Mike Flynn and a Turkish a Dutch company, Inovo BV, founded by a Turkish businessman.

dailycaller.com/2016/11/11/tru…
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It should be pointed out that while the owner of the Inovo BV is Turkish, the company at the time represented a “private sector company in Israel.”
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Based on his tweets, Chuck Ross doesn’t hide his contempt for Turkish president Recep Erdogan and Gen Mike Flynn.

But that doesn’t mean his stories are inaccurate and that is the ultimate criteria for judging a reporter.
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So I’m not putting Chuck Ross on trial.

I’m simply curious who was a possible source for the information on Flynn’s lobby contract.
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The previous day before Ross’s piece appeared, Nov 10, 2016, the American Enterprise Institute posted an article by Michael Rubin that claims Flynn “whitewashes” Erdogan’s behavior.

aei.org/publication/is…\
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AEI (American Enterprise Institute) is associated with many NeverTrumpers, most notably Bill Kristol.
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Dick Cheney is on the board of directors of the American Enterprise Institute.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_…
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On Nov 14, 2016, Rubin writes a AEI blog post asking whether cash from Turkey is flowing to “unregistered foreign agents.”

He does not name Mike Flynn.

aei.org/publication/tu…
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Rubin keeps up the heat on Flynn, publishing a critical op/ed in the New York Daily News on Nov 19 and an op/ed in Newsweek on Nov 22.

newsweek.com/michael-rubin-…
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Chuck Ross also continues with follow up articles, including meetings between Mike Flynn and alleged representatives of the Turkish governments.

dailycaller.com/2016/11/16/tru…
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Previously I have written about the government of Turkey investigating 17 people in the failed coup attempt against Erdogen in July 2017.

Michael Rubin is one of the 17 alleged conspirators.

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Rubin did, indeed, predict a military takeover in Turkey before it was attempted.

Good guess, maybe?

dailysabah.com/columns/ragip-…
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As I stated previously, Chuck Ross has been an outstanding reporter during Spygate.

His biggest scoop was outing Stefan Halper as an FBI informant.
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While not involved in his duties as a spy, Halper writes books on US foreign policy.

He wrote one of the first books to identify “neoconservatives” in the Bush administration.
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Just something to think about. There is one person who interned at at neocon think tank, knew about Halper’s role in Spygate and really, REALLY hates Turkey.

This guy 👇👇👇
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