U.S. Held Cash Until Iran Freed Prisoners [An Iranian cargo plane left Geneva with $400 million..]

Wall Street Journal ^

[Sub-Driver]

U.S. Held Cash Until Iran Freed Prisoners

An Iranian cargo plane left Geneva with $400 million in cash after a flight with Americans aboard took off from Tehran in January

By Jay Solomon and Carol E. Lee Aug. 17, 2016 5:27 p.m. ET

WASHINGTON—New details of the $400 million U.S. payment to Iran earlier this year depict a tightly scripted exchange specifically timed to the release of several American prisoners held in Iran, based on accounts from U.S. officials and others briefed on the operation.

U.S. officials wouldn't let Iranians take control of the money until a Swiss Air Force plane carrying three freed Americans departed from Tehran on Jan. 17, the officials said. Once that happened, an Iranian cargo plane was allowed to bring the cash back from a Geneva airport that day, according to the accounts.

[Sub-Driver]

Does the money somehow make its way into The Clinton Family Foundation? /s

What utter BS.

[gaijin]

Oh wow, we are TOUGH, huh..!?

RIDICULOUS.

[Kaslin]

Then how come they weren’t allowed to leave until the ransom arrived?

[Kaslin]

How does the song go? Baloney is my first name....

[Tilted Irish Kilt]

Kaslin :" Then how come they weren’t allowed to leave until the ransom arrived? "

This is a fabricated "Puff Piece" by the WSJ to take some of the 'sting' and public humiliation off the administration.
This "Puff Piece" negates what one of the exchanged prisoners has already publicly stated.
Who are you going to believe : the administration , or one of the exchanged prisoners.
This administration already has a public record of their reliability and untruthfulness, and outright deceit !

[bluejean]

Oh I get it it, so it wasn’t ransom because the prisoners were the ransom payment, not the money! It was the other way around! What a bunch of maroons all the dweebs are who think WE paid the ransom. Those Obama regime guys are super smart!

[ColdOne]

Geez.....when did the WSJ go to the dark side?

[Intolerant in NJ]

It was a ransom - just used Iran’s own money....

[LS]

I think in the dictionary you find this under “ransom.”

[BatGuano]

BS is what I say! Now we are supposed to believe that we held back the money instead of the Iranians holding the prisoners. It was ransom money, dirty from the beginning and, if you think about it, what could we expect from that rotten p_resident?

[17th Miss Regt]

Agreed. The State Department folks are d*mnable liars.