Posted on 06/02/2016 10:24:27 AM PDT by MarvinStinson
One day after Iran released 10 sailors they abducted in Iranian territorial waters, the administration released $1.7 billion in taxpayer dollars to Iran, part of a settlement of an old Iranian legal claim and came from a special fund the executive department can tap to pay claims against the US.
Or was it ransom paid for the kidnapped sailors?
The administration insists timing of the released funds is coincidental.
But legislation introduced in Congress would compel the administration to detail whether it paid Iran a $1.7 billion for the hostage release.
Lawmakers suspected taxpayer money was used to secure the the sailors' release.
The new legislation would require the White House to certify whether any federal funds, including January’s $1.7 billion payment, were doled out to Iran as part of a “ransom” to secure the release of these sailors and citizens imprisoned in Iran.
The legislation noted that the administration released the money to Iran just a day after it freed several U.S. citizens from prison.
The bill would require the White House to determine if treatment of the sailors violated Geneva Conventions or international laws governing innocent passage in international seas..
Why would Congress disbelieve the president? Perhaps because the Iranians themselves are claiming the money was part of the deal to release the sailors.
An Iranian military commander said Wednesday that the cash settlement was reached to motivate Iranian authorities to free the imprisoned Americans.
“The annulment of sanctions against Iran’s Bank Sepah and reclaiming of $1.7bln of Iran’s frozen assets after 36 years showed that the US doesn’t understand anything but the language of force,” Mohammad Reza Naqdi, the commander of Iran’s volunteer Basij forces, told the country’s state-controlled press.
“This money was returned for freedom of the U.S. spy and was not related to nuclear negotiations,”
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Nope....obama gave that money to them because he is on the same page as Iran. Oh the sim cards, that was a main reason for this, valjar wanted Iran to have those and a photo-op humiliating our sailors.
Iran Contra. Iran Contra. Is what we would be hearing 24/7 on the news if a republican was in the white house right now.
Which liars do we believe, Ødungo or the iranians? I choose....neither.
I like that. I’m running across libtards who dredge up Iran/Contra as a deflection of Ødungo’s and Klintoon’s misdeeds.
There is no longer a “military” mode or less accurate civilian mode. There is one mode. Can’t reduce accuracy or encrypt because the world uses GPS for everything and many uses are necessary for safety. Imagine going to an encryption/less accurate mode and those jets on short final on a Cat III approach. . .splat.
Therefore, there is no encryption mode for military users.
No encryption and anti-jamming on the units I used, from hand-carry to the units on my jet.
Mil GPS receivers can receive the P(Y) signal from L2 GPS satellites, which is (or can be) encrypted, and transmits at about 10x the data rate of the civilian bands, so there is encryption built into military units for that function. And “Selective Availability” is still possible, at least for the moment, though it’s turned off and very likely won’t be turned back on. In any case, the military GPS units like the DAGR and various vehicle-mounted systems have all kinds of nifty bells and whistles that the civilian units aren’t allowed to have (at least not and remain ITAR-compliant).
CMA&FUTC.
From what I understand the military has some different modes, IIRC 4 modes that are more secure. I'll check on that.
Couple sites. Seems military modes are mentioned.
http://tycho.usno.navy.mil/gpsinfo.html
http://www.army-technology.com/projects/gps-block-iif-satellites/
Not really but check anyway. I may be wrong.
Maybe you are thinking of IFF.
Different IFF modes, Mode I - IV
Yes, talks about upgrading the system and the DoD is primary customer.
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