▁in ▁his ▁ 2 0 1 6 ▁campaign . ▁ ▁Ret irement ▁from ▁the ▁military ▁ ▁On ▁April ▁ 3 0 , ▁ 2 0 1 4 , ▁F lyn n ▁announced ▁his ▁ret irement ▁effective ▁later ▁that ▁year , ▁about ▁a ▁year ▁earlier ▁than ▁he ▁had ▁been ▁scheduled ▁to ▁leave ▁his ▁position . ▁He ▁was ▁reported ly ▁effectively ▁forced ▁out ▁of ▁the ▁D IA ▁after ▁cl ash ing ▁with ▁super iors ▁over ▁his ▁alleg edly ▁cha otic ▁management ▁style ▁and ▁vision ▁for ▁the ▁ag ency . ▁In ▁a ▁private ▁e - mail ▁that ▁was ▁le aked ▁online , ▁Col in ▁Pow ell ▁said ▁that ▁he ▁had ▁heard ▁in ▁the ▁D IA ▁( app ar ently ▁from ▁later ▁D IA ▁director ▁Vincent ▁R . ▁Stewart ) ▁that ▁F lyn n ▁was ▁fired ▁because ▁he ▁was ▁" ab us ive ▁with ▁staff , ▁didn ' t ▁listen , ▁worked ▁against ▁policy , ▁bad ▁management , ▁etc ." ▁According ▁to ▁The ▁New ▁York ▁Times , ▁F lyn n ▁exhib ited ▁a ▁loose ▁relationship ▁with ▁the ▁truth , ▁leading ▁his ▁sub ordinates ▁to ▁refer ▁to ▁F lyn n ' s ▁repeated ▁dub ious ▁assert ions ▁as ▁" F lyn n ▁facts ". ▁ ▁According ▁to ▁what ▁F lyn n ▁had ▁stated ▁in ▁one ▁final ▁interview ▁as ▁D IA ▁director , ▁he ▁felt ▁like ▁a ▁l one ▁voice ▁in ▁thinking ▁that ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁was ▁less ▁safe ▁from ▁the ▁threat ▁of ▁Islam ic ▁terror ism ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 4 ▁than ▁it ▁was ▁prior ▁to ▁the