1) Nicholas Noe (@scienceismymuse) is publishing promised transcripts proving Obama & Biden knew of bin Laden's was in #Iran.
"there's no doubt, he's in Iran"
"... he is being protected by us. We don't really want to get him... he basically made a deal"
2) "Panetta told him, 'focus on North Korea only"
"he said 'do not pursue bin Laden in Iran'"
PARROT: "my team members have met bin Laden six times inside Iran. We have repeatedly notified the US gov... we were first ignored, then obstructed, and then we were threatened."
3) ETTINGER:
"... he told me that he knew recently that Bin Laden was in northern Iran... he told people at the Embassy, and they ignored him."
4) Another document provided by Noe indicates the Bush administration was tipped about bin Laden's frequent travelling to Iran.
"UBL travels inside Iran for at least 3-5 months each year"
5) "UBL was in fact visiting in Iran in November 2004"
"He controls a network of safe-houses and compliant local officials across Iran, necessary for the smuggling of contraband."
6) "bin Laden will be hunting within a particular 100 mile square kill box akin to a national park, near the Turkmenistan border which the Iranian gov reserves for bin Laden's excuse use..."
"can locate bin Laden's signals from inside Iran"
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2) Amb. Eric Edelman
Those of us who said snapback will not be a self-executing mechanism turned out to be right. We also need to focus on making sure Tehran is isolated. We must address a whole range of issues that the regime is causing. #IranSanctions pscp.tv/NCRIUS/1yoKMXA…
3) @JJCarafano
U.S. recognize it’s not punishing the people. There are humanitarian exemptions. If the regime was really thinking about the people, they could take the money they’re spending on terrorism/missiles & take care of the people. #IranSanctions pscp.tv/NCRIUS/1yoKMXA…