So political contacts don't talk to political contacts?
And then get fired over it? Sure! Happens all of the time!
First off, what a novel concept. Firing a guy. But it's cute that you actually believe that the Michael Flynn's of the world aren't talking to people all around the world all the time.
Why did Flynn get fired for doing something that is done all the time?
He got fired because he didn't disclose it to Pence.
Why didn't he disclose it to Pence when it was merely something that is done all the time?
When you go to work in the executive branch you have to disclose this stuff.
Enough with the Geo-Politics 001 stuff.
There would be thousands of former politicians, bureaucrats, former military out of a job in the private sector if this stuff wasn't an industry unto itself. K street (for example) would be a ghost town.