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Kerry exposes Iranian family tie — and subjects family to blackmail
Daily Caller ^ | 3/25 | Kenneth Timmerman

Posted on 04/01/2015 9:43:46 AM PDT by Baynative

In a greeting to the Iranian people on the occasion of the traditional New Year (Nowruz) holiday last week, Secretary of State John Kerry exposed a secret that journalists and academics have been agonizing over for the past six weeks: the fact that his daughter has married an Iranian-American who has extensive family ties to Iran.

“I am proud of the Iranian-Americans in my own family, and grateful for how they have enriched my life,” Kerry said in the official statement. Kerry also said he was “strongly committed to resolving” the differences between the United States and the Islamic Republic of Iran, “to the mutual benefit of both of our people.”

Politicians like to keep their families off-limits to the press, a decorum enforced vigorously when it comes to politicians who are in favor with the national media but ruthlessly discarded for others. But in Kerry’s case, there could be larger ramifications.

Since its inception, the FBI has vetted U.S. government officials involved in national security issues, and it generally won’t grant clearances to individuals who are married to nationals of an enemy nation or have family members living in that country, for fear of divided loyalties or, more simply, blackmail.

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TOPICS: Egypt; Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Israel; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; Syria; US: Massachusetts; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: aic; blackmail; egypt; iran; irandeal; irankerry; irantalks; iranterrorstate; israel; kerry; kerrydaughter; kerryrelative; lurch; massachusetts; pruneface; reportingforduty; secstatekerry; syria; timmerman; waronterror
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To: DannyTN

Kerry should be removed.


21 posted on 04/01/2015 10:11:53 AM PDT by HomerBohn (God is just, but his justice cannot sleep forever!)
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To: HomerBohn

The entire Obama administration should be removed.


22 posted on 04/01/2015 10:12:39 AM PDT by DannyTN
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To: Baynative

She promised to let me see her face someday. She has pretty eyes.


23 posted on 04/01/2015 10:12:44 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: Baynative

The son-in-law is a brain surgeon. Maybe he could hook Johnny Boy up with a brain transplant.


24 posted on 04/01/2015 10:18:13 AM PDT by mass55th (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
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To: ilovesarah2012

How many members of congress know about Kerry’s conflict of interest.


25 posted on 04/01/2015 10:19:37 AM PDT by BigEdLB (We're experienceing the rule of a Roman Emperor, Barack I)
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To: NormsRevenge
The Thanksgiving dinners must be interesting.

Is turkey halal? Of course pork sausage stuffing is out of the question...
26 posted on 04/01/2015 10:21:32 AM PDT by BigEdLB (We're experienceing the rule of a Roman Emperor, Barack I)
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To: Baynative; ASA Vet

“Since its inception, the FBI has vetted U.S. government officials involved in national security issues, and it generally won’t grant clearances to individuals who are married to nationals of an enemy nation or have family members living in that country, for fear of divided loyalties or, more simply, blackmail.”

Flashback a couple of decades and assume that a young military reservist with zero political connections, has a top secret crypto clearance and is in the active reserves.

An American Uncle of this reservist’s wife, who disappeared over 4 decade, and was assumed dead, comes out of the woodwork and is still alive with another wife and family several hundred miles away. There is no history of treason or other crimes of the missing uncle in law.

Was this swept under the rug and forgotten?

No. A tense interview was held to ensure that there was no potential past, present and future problems.


27 posted on 04/01/2015 10:22:17 AM PDT by Grampa Dave (When will Sisi, Bibi, King Abdullah & ?, take out Isis in our White House, AG Dept, CIA, & State?)
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To: machogirl

Media goes through Sarah Palin’s garbage and they hide this? (rhetorical, i know)




B T T T ! ! ! ©

28 posted on 04/01/2015 10:26:22 AM PDT by onyx (PLEASE SUPPORT FR. Donate Monthly or Join Club 300! God bless you all.)
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To: BigEdLB

How many members care?


29 posted on 04/01/2015 10:26:26 AM PDT by ilovesarah2012
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To: PghBaldy

“The daughter married in 2009. I am surprised no one seems to have noticed till now.”

Who was president at that time? Who was his AG, who was/is in charge of the FBI?


30 posted on 04/01/2015 10:26:38 AM PDT by Grampa Dave (When will Sisi, Bibi, King Abdullah & ?, take out Isis in our White House, AG Dept, CIA, & State?)
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To: NormsRevenge

It’s seared in their memories.....................


31 posted on 04/01/2015 10:26:45 AM PDT by Red Badger (Man builds a ship in a bottle. God builds a universe in the palm of His hand.............)
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To: HomerBohn
Back in 1970’s I was doing security clearances at DODNACC. If Kerry's clearance request has come across my desk or any of the desks in my office it would have been stamped. “Derogatory Information.” He would have not been recommended for any level of security clearance. His own military history, his post military activities, not to mention the risks his international family ties offer. I never encountered a higher level of security risk in my years on the job. That might not have been true if I'd done Obama’s security risk report.
32 posted on 04/01/2015 10:28:04 AM PDT by cotton (one way, one truth, the life.)
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To: BigEdLB

but is anyone paying attention?....Sure. But who do you tell it to? Look, look Mr. President, Mr. Holder, Mr. Boner,...Anyone?...You Mr. General?


33 posted on 04/01/2015 10:29:43 AM PDT by Safetgiver ( Islam makes barbarism look genteel.)
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To: mass55th; Baynative; ASA Vet

“The son-in-law is a brain surgeon.”

I despise Kerry and thing that he should have been thrown into jail with Jane Fonda, decades ago and still be there.

However, I have met and got to know many Iranians/Persians who fled Iran after the Islamic serial killers took over.

They are intelligent and are good Americans. They hate the current regime in Iran and what they stand for.

We don’t know about her husband. However, he does at least one strike against him. His wife is the daughter of a terrible person, John Kerry.


34 posted on 04/01/2015 10:34:56 AM PDT by Grampa Dave (When will Sisi, Bibi, King Abdullah & ?, take out Isis in our White House, AG Dept, CIA, & State?)
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To: Diogenesis; All

” Article III, Section 3, Paragraph 1, of the Constitution of the United States:
“Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying War against them,
or, in adhering to their Enemies, giving them aid and comfort.”

The “aid and comfort” prong of treason has been interpreted
by SCOTUS as requiring proof of four elements:
1. an intent to betray the United States (which can be inferred from);
2. an overt act;
3. witnessed by two people; and
4. that provides aid and comfort to an enemy of the United States. “

There you are !

B T T T


35 posted on 04/01/2015 10:35:27 AM PDT by stephenjohnbanker (My Batting Average( 1,000) (GOPe is that easy to read))
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To: Baynative

The article linked below, discusses the potential dangers of anyone in power in the US government like Kerry having an Iranian relative.

http://dailycaller.com/2013/03/25/kerry-exposes-iranian-family-tie-and-subjects-family-to-blackmail/


36 posted on 04/01/2015 10:40:13 AM PDT by Grampa Dave (When will Sisi, Bibi, King Abdullah & ?, take out Isis in our White House, AG Dept, CIA, & State?)
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To: KC_Lion; Baynative; onyx; TheOldLady; RedMDer; Lady Jag; trisham; moose07; DJ MacWoW; The Cajun; ...

” The Iranian kid that has John Kerry as a Father In Law”

This might at least partially explain why Obama/Jarrett keep Kerry, whose failure rate is 100%.

Of course, there is his history of being a traitor to the USA doesn’t hurt either


37 posted on 04/01/2015 10:41:07 AM PDT by stephenjohnbanker (My Batting Average( 1,000) (GOPe is that easy to read))
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To: HomerBohn

“Kerry should be removed.”

..along with every other government mole who has already removed themselves from this country ideologically.

Of course, that’s also about 15-20 percent of the population...so there are additional benefits to this consideration.


38 posted on 04/01/2015 10:47:56 AM PDT by HKMk23 (You ask how to fight an idea? Well, I'll tell you how: with another idea!)
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To: Grampa Dave

My dentist of 32 years is a muslim from Pakistan, and I have no problem with him, but even though Kerry’s son-in-law is a brain surgeon here, I don’t have first hand knowledge of him or his ties, so I’ll reserve my judgement on him. In all likelihood, he’s probably more trustworthy than the father of the woman he’s married to, and could even be Catholic for all we know.


39 posted on 04/01/2015 11:21:11 AM PDT by mass55th (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
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To: Baynative

This Scum Kerry has always been a traitor and the FBI did nothing with his security clearance. He was active Naval Reserve when he went to Paris and negotiated with the Viet Cong. He lied his @ss off before J Willie Fulbright’s Senate committee, but he was not under oath.


40 posted on 04/01/2015 11:32:57 AM PDT by itsahoot (55 years a republican-Now Independent. Will write in Sarah Palin, no matter who runs. RIH-GOP)
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