How President Obama Ignored the Law and Misled the American People about Payments to Iran
About that $400-million ransom.
August 23, 2016
How President Obama Ignored the Law and Misled the American People about Payments to Iran
About that $400-million ransom.
In response to revelations that the U.S. delivered $400 million in cash to Iran on the same day that Tehran released five American hostages, the White House has insisted that the money was just “leverage” and not ransom, that the payment and hostage release were frankly disclosed by the president in a January 17 press conference, and that the payment was the wholly unobjectionable remittance of funds owed to Iran since the 1970s. Not only do these claims stretch the limits of credibility, writes Rick Richman, but the American government also seems to be ignoring its forthright legal obligation to pursue the claims of victims of Iranian terror:
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