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Kerry quietly seeking to salvage Iran deal he helped craft
Boston Globe ^ | 4 May 2018 | Matt Viser

Posted on 05/04/2018 3:28:12 PM PDT by Magnatron

John Kerry’s bid to save one of his most significant accomplishments as secretary of state took him to New York on a Sunday afternoon two weeks ago, where, more than a year after he left office, he engaged in some unusual shadow diplomacy with a top-ranking Iranian official.

He sat down at the United Nations with Foreign Minister Javad Zarif to discuss ways of preserving the pact limiting Iran’s nuclear weapons program. It was the second time in about two months that the two had met to strategize over salvaging a deal they spent years negotiating during the Obama administration, according to a person briefed on the meetings.

With the Iran deal facing its gravest threat since it was signed in 2015, Kerry has been on an aggressive yet stealthy mission to preserve it, using his deep lists of contacts gleaned during his time as the top US diplomat to try to apply pressure on the Trump administration from the outside. President Trump, who has consistently criticized the pact and campaigned in 2016 on scuttling it, faces a May 12 deadline to decide whether to continue abiding by its terms.

(Excerpt) Read more at bostonglobe.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 201805; 20180512; collusion; deadline; hanoijohn; iran; irandeal; johnkerry; kerry; loganact; lurch; talkinghorse; tehranjohn; traitor
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To: Magnatron

“he engaged in some unusual shadow diplomacy with a top-ranking Iranian official.”

I’m pretty sure that’s a criminal act.

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41 posted on 05/04/2018 4:25:45 PM PDT by Lurker (President Trump isn't our last chance. President Trump is THEIR last chance.)
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To: Magnatron

Logan Act, plus we need investigation and prosecution of payoffs to Kerry from Iran, going all the way back to his 2004 campaign.


42 posted on 05/04/2018 4:26:01 PM PDT by Fedora
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To: Pearls Before Swine

The point still is, follow the money. How much did Kerry get paid off by the Iranians and where is the money being hidden?


43 posted on 05/04/2018 4:26:19 PM PDT by kaehurowing
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To: Magnatron

If he isn’t charged with a crime when he returns then it sets a precedent. Shame on Sessions and PDJT if so. I am the biggest PDJT fan, too, but I believe sadly the worst of this will just be a drudge report story.


44 posted on 05/04/2018 4:30:25 PM PDT by CincyRichieRich (Eric Holder works for Facebook now...let that sink in.)
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To: Magnatron

Man, I’m so sick of this guy and his ego. Hey Kerry, why don’t you get back on your bike, rotate a few times and when you get hemorrhoids take some Preperation H.


45 posted on 05/04/2018 4:30:55 PM PDT by vigilence (Vigilence)
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To: DannyTN

No one has been convicted under the Logan Act. I hadn’t heard about it before they bandied it about against Trump during the pre-inaugural days when he was trying to get established on foreign policy. At the same time, Obama was laying parting presents to make life difficult going forward.


46 posted on 05/04/2018 4:33:46 PM PDT by Pearls Before Swine ("Married with children.")
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To: kaehurowing

Kerry isn’t motivated by money, since he married it. However, he is a vainglorious fool, and in love with his self image.


47 posted on 05/04/2018 4:35:33 PM PDT by Pearls Before Swine ("Married with children.")
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To: Pearls Before Swine

Where is the worthless dirtbag sessions and rosenstein?


48 posted on 05/04/2018 4:41:21 PM PDT by Okeydoker
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To: Magnatron

Cut up his passport so he can be a true citizen of the world... or a man without a country. Don’t care which.


49 posted on 05/04/2018 4:43:44 PM PDT by niteowl77
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To: Magnatron

It’s COLLUSION!

Quick! Somebody alert Adam Schiff!


50 posted on 05/04/2018 4:47:54 PM PDT by sevlex
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To: Magnatron

If the kerry/Iran deal fails, perhaps there are some in the government of Iran that who will bring him to that country to personally show their appreciation for it.


51 posted on 05/04/2018 4:58:20 PM PDT by clearcarbon
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To: Magnatron

Time to raid his and his lawyers’ offices. Bust in his door with guns drawn to serve a warrant. FISA every known associate. KARMA.


52 posted on 05/04/2018 5:03:43 PM PDT by smitty2012
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To: Magnatron

He thought he was talking to the North Vietnamese.


53 posted on 05/04/2018 5:20:17 PM PDT by headstamp 2 (My "White Privilege" is my work ethic.)
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To: Col Frank Slade
one of his most significant accomplishments

Sinking the Titanic was one of Captain E.J. Smith's most significant accomplishments.

54 posted on 05/04/2018 5:24:02 PM PDT by arthurus (op)
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To: Magnatron

Same thing he did cutting the legs out from America during the Vietnam war when he wrote a Peace Accord in Paris.


55 posted on 05/04/2018 5:24:26 PM PDT by bray (Pray for President Trump)
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To: Magnatron

Illegal as a private citizen but never stopped him in Vietnam.


56 posted on 05/04/2018 5:25:42 PM PDT by Eagles6
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To: Magnatron

Illegal as a private citizen but never stopped him in Vietnam.


57 posted on 05/04/2018 5:25:42 PM PDT by Eagles6
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To: Magnatron

Go to hell, kethup boy.


58 posted on 05/04/2018 5:32:47 PM PDT by beethovenfan (I always try to maximize my carbon footprint.)
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To: Magnatron

I'm John Kerry, and I'm reporting for doody.

59 posted on 05/04/2018 5:34:22 PM PDT by chris37 ("I am everybody." -Mark Robinson)
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To: Magnatron

Kerry = “Shadow diplomacy”
Trump team = collusion.


60 posted on 05/04/2018 5:37:55 PM PDT by FreedomNotSafety
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