AEWP = David Ignatius. J.Watch: Emails Show Extensive Communications Between Senior Defense Official and Columnist AWEP David Reynolds Ignatius is an American journalist and novelist. He is an ➡️associate editor and columnist for The Washington Post.⬅️  https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Ignatius By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times - Friday, October 25, 2019 The attorney for former Trump National Security Adviser Michael Flynn says a ➡️senior Pentagon official⬅️ “is believed to be” the person who leaked the Flynn-Sergey Kislyak phone call transcripts to The Washington Post. A January 2017➡️ column by Post columnist David Ignatius was a watershed moment in what would be a long FBI investigation into associates of President Trump and any ties to Moscow.⬅️ Mr. Ignatius reported on intercepted phone calls between Flynn, the national security adviser in waiting, and Mr. Kislyak, the Russian ambassador. Such transcripts are intelligence crown jewels. It is a felony to leak them. Plus, Mr. Kislyak now knew exactly when the U.S. eavesdropped. The column sparked news stories in The Post and New York Times. Flynn subsequently resigned. He had told superiors he had not discussed sanctions with the Russian when he had. He ended up pleading guilty to lying to two FBI agents. In a new U.S. District Court filing, ➡️Ms. Powell said she has requested the records of FBI spy Stefan Halper’s⬅️ work for the Pentagon Office of Net Assessment (ONA) and ➡️director James Baker. Mr. Halper, a Washington and British-based scholar, did studies for Mr. Baker. He spied on several Trump campaign aides.⬅️ “ONA Director Baker regular lunched with Washington Post Reporter David Ignatius,” Ms. Powell writes. ➡️“Baker is believed to be the person who illegally leaked the transcript of Mr. Flynn’s calls to Ignatius.”⬅️ Ms. Powell also says that Mr. Obama’s top intelligence official, James Clapper, told Mr. Ignatiuson Jan. 10 to “take the kill shot on Flynn.” Ms. Powell said the prosecution has refused to hand over the Kislyak transcript. https://m.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/oct/25/pentagon-accused-leaking-flynn-phone-calls-washing/ COLLUSION SCOOP: CIA, FBI Informant Was Washington Post Source For Russiagate Smears These close connections between the Washington Post’s David Ignatius and people connected to U.S. and U.K. intelligence raise grave concerns about the deep state using media to push propaganda The Federalist has learned that the now-outed CIA and FBI informant Stefan Halper served as a source for Washington Post reporter David Ignatius, providing more evidence that the intelligence community has co-opted the press to push anti-Trump conspiracy theories. This James Baker is not the one who worked under James Comey at the FBI, but a James Baker in the Department of Defense Office of National Assessment. Powell wrote: Stefan Halper is a known long-time operative for the CIA/FBI. He was paid exorbitant sums by the FBI/CIA/DOD through the Department of Defense Department’s Office of Net Assessment in 2016. His tasks seem to have included slandering Mr. Flynn with accusations of having an affair with a young professor (a British national of Russian descent) Flynn met at an official dinner at Cambridge University when he was head of DIA in 2014.➡️ Flynn has requested the records of Col. James Baker because he was Halper’s ‘handler’⬅️ in the Office of Net Assessment in the Pentagon, and ONA Director Baker regularly lunched with Washington Post Reporter David Ignatius. Baker is believed to be the person who illegally leaked the transcript of Mr. Flynn’s calls to Ignatius. The defense has requested the phone records of James Clapper to confirm his contacts with Washington Post reporter Ignatius—especially on January 10, 2017, when Clapper told Ignatius in words to the effect of ‘take the kill shot on Flynn.’ It cannot escape mention that the press has long had transcripts of the Kislyak calls that the government has denied to the defense. https://thefederalist.com/2019/11/04/scoop-cia-fbi-informant-was-washington-post-source-for-russiagate-smears/ (Washington, DC) Judicial Watch released 143 pages of new records today from the U.S. Department of Defense, showing extensive communications between the Pentagon’s Director of the Office of Net Assessment James Baker and Washington Post reporter David Ignatius. The Washington Post published Ignatius’ account of the calls on January 12, 2017, setting in motion a chain of events that lead to Flynn’s February 13, 2017, firing as National Security Advisor and subsequent prosecution for making false statements to the FBI about the calls. ➡️U.S. Attorney John Durham is reportedly investigating the leak of information targeting Flynn.⬅️ In an email exchange on October 1, 2018, in a discussion about artificial intelligence, Baker tells Ignatius: “David, please, as always, our discussions are completely off the record. If any of my observations strike you as worthy of mixing or folding into your own thinking, that is as usual fine.” Ignatius replies, “Understood. Thanks for talking with me.” https://www.judicialwatch.org/press-releases/flynn-dodofficial-columnist/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=press_release David Ignatius is indeed a longtime media conduit for CIA misdirection, misinformation, and disinformation (as is his employer, the Washington Post). And his unnamed source for the Flynn story, “a senior U.S. government official,” broke the law and committed a serious felony in releasing Flynn’s name. So did Ignatius, himself, in publishing it. David Ignatius is not only a longtime member of the CFR, he is one of the most trusted operatives of this private club of globalists that has become our de facto government, with its members holding key positions and wielding incredible influence in the legislative, judicial, and executive branches, including the military and intelligence agencies — for at least the past three generations.  But back to Ignatius, whose columns are regularly featured as “Must Read” pieces on the CFR’s website. He has served alongside top-tier CFR members such as Madeleine Albright, Stephen Hadley, and Robert Blackwill as a host and moderator for the council’s panel discussions and CFR-sponsored Independent Task Force reports. Ignatius also co-hosts PostGlobal, an online discussion of international issues, with Fareed Zakaria (CFR), and is a regularly featured “expert” on television programs such as MSNBC’s Morning Joe with hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski (a CFR member and daughter of Zbigniew Brzezinski, CFR), which competes with CNN’s programming lineup for the most hysterical anti-Trump commentary and vitriolic insults.  https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/item/25863-deep-state-and-fake-news Looks like David Ignatius might have some federal, felony, legal, troubles soon along with James  Baker.