Reminder:
Why was the Obama admin willing to throw a monkey wrench in its own investigations of known Iranian nuclear proliferation procurement officers & IED suppliers to terrorists in Iraq who were killing American servicemen just to pass the Iran deal?
politico.com/story/2017/04/…
Why was the Obama admin willing to throw a monkey wrench in its own investigations of known Iranian nuclear proliferation procurement officers & IED suppliers to terrorists in Iraq who were killing American servicemen just to pass the Iran deal?
politico.com/story/2017/04/…
Valerie Lincy, executive director of the nonpartisan Wisconsin Project on Nuclear Arms Control, said Obama administration officials made a shrewd political calculation in focusing public attention on just those seven men it was freeing in the United States, and portraying them...
as mere sanctions violators.
That way, she said, “They just didn’t think it was going to make too many waves. And I think they were right.”
But Lincy, who closely tracks the U.S. counterproliferation effort against Iran, said that by letting so many men off the hook, and...
That way, she said, “They just didn’t think it was going to make too many waves. And I think they were right.”
But Lincy, who closely tracks the U.S. counterproliferation effort against Iran, said that by letting so many men off the hook, and...
for such a wide range of offenses, Washington has effectively given its blessing to Iran’s continuing defiance of international laws.
Former Obama administration officials deny that, saying the men could still be prosecuted if they continue their illegal activity. But with their cases dropped, international arrest warrants dismissed and investigative assets redirected, the men — especially the 14 fugitives —
can now continue activities the U.S. considers to be serious threats to its national security, Lincy said.
