The disgraced former national security adviser for President Trump had reportedly discussed a plan with Turkish officials to possibly snatch an opposition leader from his home in the Poconos.Former CIA Director James Woolsey told The Wall Street Journal that he walked into a Sept. 19 meeting in New York and was shocked to find retired Army Gen. Mike Flynn, who was then advising Trump's campaign, exploring "a covert step in the dead of night to whisk this guy away."
Woolsey noted the discussion did not include actual tactics for removing Fethullah Gulen from his Pennsylvania compound, but they did discuss not Âgoing through the US extradition process.
Among those reportedly in attendance was the son-in-law of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
A spokesman for Flynn disputed the account, saying "at no time did Gen. Flynn discuss any illegal actions."
Gulen, a cleric from Turkey, has been accused of masterminding a failed military coup that took place in his home country last summer.
Flynn resigned as Trump's national security adviser after 24 days over his contacts with a Russian diplomat.