Yes, CYA is a common knee-jerk reaction.
That, however, is definitely NOT the history of General Flynn. He has been in far worse situations during his honourable service than 'Did I talk to the Russians and what did I say ...' could POSSIBLY have put in him.
GOOD GRIEF - This is the man that BLEW THE DAMN WHISTLE on the LIES that Obama, Clinton, and the other freaking traitors were doing in the IRAN CF. We owe him a HELL OF A LOT OF RESPECT. He is not a freaking CYA coward.
Do ya'll REALLY believe that he WOULDN'T have been TOLD specifically by Pence and Trump to reach out to the Russians and cover, even in a small way, the issue of the sanctions ?
Come on, ya'll - Pence and Trump didn't fall off the turnip truck ... they damn sure WOULD have been making those contacts themselves (which we know they did), but also would have had many, if not most, of their transition team concentrating on smoothing the shit storm that obama stirred up with the Russians (and the farleft U.S. livernazis) with all the f'ing lies about 'Russian Hacks'. LOOK AT THE FACTS - PLEASE.
Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good ...