Biden Campaign Seeks to Downplays Flynn ‘Unmasking’ Revelations
Former Vice President Joe Biden’s campaign sought to downplay the declassified information showing Biden requested the unmasking of Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, President Donald Trump’s one-time incoming national security adviser. Biden was vice president when he made the request on Jan. 12, 2017, according to newly declassified documents. The release came just one day after Biden said in a televised interview that he was aware officials had asked for an investigation into Flynn. “But that’s all I know about it, and I don’t think anything else,” he added. Biden hasn’t issued a statement or addressed the discrepancy but his campaign suggested the disclosure was being blown out of proportion. “These documents have absolutely nothing to do with any FBI investigation and they confirm that all normal procedures were followed—any suggestion otherwise…
Delta Air Lines said on May 14 it would no longer fly Boeing Co’s wide-body 777 aircraft and some of the other older high-maintenance jets, as the U.S. carrier looks to cut costs amid a steep fall in bookings due to travel restrictions around the world.
The spread of the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus has virtually brought airports around the globe to a standstill, leaving airlines to take drastic steps to make savings.
The move to retire 18 Boeing 777 jets, along with the MD-90 planes, by the end of the year would result in second-quarter non-cash impairment charges of $1.4 billion to $1.7 billion, before tax, the airline said.
Delta said it would use Airbus SE’s more fuel-efficient and cost-effective A330 and A350-900 wide-body planes for long-haul flying when international demand returns.
“Our principal financial goal for 2020 is to reduce our cash burn to zero by the end of the year, which will mean, for the next two to three years, a smaller network, fleet, and operation in response to substantially reduced customer demand,” Chief Executive Officer Ed Bastian said.
Epoch Times staff contributed to this report
Focus News: Delta to Retire Boeing 777 Aircraft Fleet to Rein in Costs
Graham Questions Motivation of Flynn Unmasking Request, Demands Further Investigation
“The unmasking of Gen. Flynn by the Obama administration regarding conversations during the presidential transition [is] deeply troubling and smell[s] of politics, not national security,” the South Carolina senator wrote in a Twitter thread. Dozens of Obama administration officials submitted requests to unmask an identity in a National Security Agency foreign intelligence report that turned out to be Flynn just before Trump entered office, according to the newly declassified list. Former CIA Director John Brennan, former FBI Director James Comey, former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, former Vice President Joe Biden, and former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power were among those who submitted the “unmasking” request for Flynn, whose communication with former Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak during Trump’s transition period was illegally leaked to the media. Some…
