Jane...because Politico is pushing this story Id have great reservations since they push for the GOPe....and Deos. Better to wonder why theyre pushing it out there.
Actually this is not the first time Politico has done investigative journalism regarding barry’s administrtion. Interesting and very critical article:
https://www.politico.com/story/2017/04/24/obama-iran-nuclear-deal-prisoner-release-236966
From the article:
...But Obama, the senior official and other administration representatives werent telling the whole story on Jan. 17, 2016, in their highly choreographed rollout of the prisoner swap and simultaneous implementation of the six-party nuclear deal, according to a POLITICO investigation.
In his Sunday morning address to the American people, Obama portrayed the seven men he freed as civilians. The senior official described them as businessmen convicted of or awaiting trial for mere sanctions-related offenses, violations of the trade embargo.
In reality, some of them were accused by Obamas own Justice Department of posing threats to national security. Three allegedly were part of an illegal procurement network supplying Iran with U.S.-made microelectronics with applications in surface-to-air and cruise missiles like the kind Tehran test-fired recently, prompting a still-escalating exchange of threats with the Trump administration. Another was serving an eight-year sentence for conspiring to supply Iran with satellite technology and hardware. As part of the deal, U.S. officials even dropped their demand for $10 million that a jury said the aerospace engineer illegally received from Tehran.
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wow! whatever happened with these ‘released businessmen’???
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“Actually this is not the first time Politico has done investigative journalism regarding barrys administrtion. Interesting and very critical article:
https://www.politico.com/story/2017/04/24/obama-iran-nuclear-deal-prisoner-release-236966
From the article:
...But Obama, the senior official and other administration representatives werent telling the whole story on Jan. 17, 2016, in their highly choreographed rollout of the prisoner swap and simultaneous implementation of the six-party nuclear deal, according to a POLITICO investigation.
In his Sunday morning address to the American people, Obama portrayed the seven men he freed as civilians. The senior official described them as businessmen convicted of or awaiting trial for mere sanctions-related offenses, violations of the trade embargo.
In reality, some of them were accused by Obamas own Justice Department of posing threats to national security. Three allegedly were part of an illegal procurement network supplying Iran with U.S.-made microelectronics with applications in surface-to-air and cruise missiles like the kind Tehran test-fired recently, prompting a still-escalating exchange of threats with the Trump administration. Another was serving an eight-year sentence for conspiring to supply Iran with satellite technology and hardware. As part of the deal, U.S. officials even dropped their demand for $10 million that a jury said the aerospace engineer illegally received from Tehran.”
Thanks Jane...