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Revealed: Trump team hired spy firm for ‘dirty ops’ on Iran arms deal
The Guardian ^ | May 5, 2018

Posted on 05/05/2018 8:09:42 PM PDT by keat

Israeli agency told to find incriminating material on Obama diplomats who negotiated deal with Tehran Donald Trump promised the Israeli leader that Iran would never have nuclear weapons. Donald Trump promised the Israeli leader that Iran would never have nuclear weapons. Photograph: Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP Aides to Donald Trump, the US president, hired an Israeli private intelligence agency to orchestrate a “dirty ops” campaign against key individuals from the Obama administration who helped negotiate the Iran nuclear deal, the Observer can reveal.

People in the Trump camp contacted private investigators in May last year to “get dirt” on Ben Rhodes, who had been one of Barack Obama’s top national security advisers, and Colin Kahl, deputy assistant to Obama, as part of an elaborate attempt to discredit the deal.

The extraordinary revelations come days before Trump’s 12 May deadline to either scrap or continue to abide by the international deal limiting Iran’s nuclear programme.

Jack Straw, who as foreign secretary was involved in earlier efforts to restrict Iranian weapons, said: “These are extraordinary and appalling allegations but which also illustrate a high level of desperation by Trump and [the Israeli prime minister] Benjamin Netanyahu, not so much to discredit the deal but to undermine those around it.”

One former high-ranking British diplomat with wide experience of negotiating international peace agreements, requesting anonymity, said: “It’s bloody outrageous to do this. The whole point of negotiations is to not play dirty tricks like this.”

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Israel; News/Current Events; United Kingdom; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: 201805; 20180512; benrhodes; blackbox; blackrock; brexit; colinkahl; deadline; iran; irandal; israel; jackstraw; jerusalem; letshavejerusalem; straw; theresamay; traitor; trump; unitedkingdom; waronterror
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To: Army Air Corps

As Reagan discovered. OYou cannot get useful information through the government agencies that have been propagating fantasy for decades. You have to use other resources for accurate information.


21 posted on 05/05/2018 8:36:55 PM PDT by arthurus (io;)
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To: keat

How hard is it to find dirt on dirty people?

Has no one seen a cartoon with PigPen in it?


22 posted on 05/05/2018 8:37:09 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: keat

Russia BS going down in flames.

Stormy not getting much traction.

John Kerry meets with an Iranian to “negotiate”.

Oh, I get it, now it’s Iran collusion. On President Trump’s part.

These traitors and facilitators need to be held accountable.


23 posted on 05/05/2018 8:37:40 PM PDT by KJC1 (Illegals: One hand out and the other one flipping us the bird)
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To: keat

It’s the Manchester Guardian for goodness sakes, the ULTIMATE in fake news. The Guardian makes WaPoo and NYslimes look positively virtuous by comparison ...

NOTHING they publish is true. NOTHING!


24 posted on 05/05/2018 8:40:52 PM PDT by catnipman ((Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!))
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To: keat
People in the Trump camp contacted private investigators in May last year to “get dirt” on Ben Rhodes, who had been one of Barack Obama’s top national security advisers, and Colin Kahl, deputy assistant to Obama, as part of an elaborate attempt to discredit the deal.

I'm shocked. I thought Trump was Mitt Romney II.

25 posted on 05/05/2018 8:41:14 PM PDT by Balding_Eagle ( The Great Wall of Trump ---- 100% sealing of the border. Coming soon.)
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To: keat

Typical left wing media hit job. They make an unattributed accusation and then dwell on responses to made up stories.


26 posted on 05/05/2018 8:44:25 PM PDT by vigilence (Vigilence)
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To: keat

Perfidious UKistan.


27 posted on 05/05/2018 8:45:03 PM PDT by Psalm 144 ("For all I know, our Navy was shooting at whales out there." - LBJ)
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To: keat

Since when is it “digging up dirt” to find out if these guys violated any protocols or gave up any intelligence secrets? Isn’t this what our FBI should be doing? After all, they’ve been trying to do that with Trump and his associates.


28 posted on 05/05/2018 8:46:22 PM PDT by Real Cynic No More
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To: Gene Eric

The Guardian is not off all day celebrating Karl Marx’ 200th birthday?

They are slipping...


29 posted on 05/05/2018 8:46:36 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: keat
Donald Trump promised the Israeli leader that Iran would never have nuclear weapons.

Unlike the lyin king aka BHO aka Burry Sotero aka Stevie Duhnam, aka Muhammad Subuh Sumohadiwidjojo Jr. HE MEANS IT!

30 posted on 05/05/2018 8:50:06 PM PDT by rawcatslyentist ("All that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing")
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To: rawcatslyentist
lyin king aka BHO aka Burry Sotero aka Stevie Duhnam, aka Muhammad Subuh Sumohadiwidjojo Jr.

I refer to him as the Halfican Queen

31 posted on 05/05/2018 9:06:14 PM PDT by keat
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To: keat

In other words, they hired the Israeli agency to undercover corruption by the Obama administration.


32 posted on 05/05/2018 9:08:38 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Conservatives love America for what it is. Liberals hate America for the same reason.)
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To: UB355

I sure hope this is not fake news. We live in a dangerous world. Obama/Iran collusion must be investigated and if proven, must be exposed.


33 posted on 05/05/2018 9:11:39 PM PDT by map
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To: keat

Unlike Obama’s OFA, who gave a million(!) AFTER the electikn to Fusion GPS and friends to discredit Trump. And Hillary and DNC, who paid for the creation of a HOAX fiction dossier to destroy Trump.


34 posted on 05/05/2018 9:23:33 PM PDT by Basket_of_Deplorables (President Trump: Please Fire Sessions!!! You have nothing to lose.)
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To: keat

Anyone hired by Trump by definition were working for the US.


35 posted on 05/05/2018 9:28:54 PM PDT by Defiant (I may be deplorable, but I'm not getting in that basket.)
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To: keat

Hey Guardian, I don’t want to hear it, I will not believe it and nothing you say is believed.

Try to think back during the days of pervert Clinton. Remember how nothing would shake the support of Clinton. Bach then it was the truth, and people couldn’t handle the truth.

Soooo, I, for one, learned a lesson from that era. The importance of what the President has to do takes precedence over everything else. Whatever, you people offer, will be considered by me to be FAKE NEWS.


36 posted on 05/05/2018 9:30:26 PM PDT by Maris Crane
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To: keat
In 1966, Jack Straw was elected as chair of Leeds University Union Labour Society by a majority consisting largely of members of the Leeds University Union Communist Society who had joined Labour Society immediately before the Annual General Meeting. Led by Straw, Labour Society disaffiliated itself from the Labour Party and changed its name to the Leeds University Union Socialist Society.
37 posted on 05/05/2018 9:30:30 PM PDT by Robert DeLong
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To: keat

Hillary Hired Russians to do something much worse


38 posted on 05/05/2018 9:32:54 PM PDT by dila813 (Voting for Trump to Punish Trumpets!)
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To: Governor Dinwiddie
No need to apologize to anyone. Bare knuckles, brass knuckles, whatever it takes

You think maybe that is what the democrats and repubs in congress think when it comes to what they are doing to Trump. The ends do not justify the means. And I am confident this story is complete BS.
39 posted on 05/05/2018 9:34:22 PM PDT by JoSixChip (He is Batman!)
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To: keat

“It’s bloody outrageous to do this. The whole point of negotiations is to not play dirty tricks like this.”

Does this statement make any sense at all to anyone? I thought the whole point of negotiations was to get a good deal for your country or failing that, to walk away.


40 posted on 05/05/2018 9:46:27 PM PDT by ModelBreaker
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