Saturday, February 23, 2019

Obama buys Iran privacy at $99,999,999.99 a pop It was revealed last month that in January the Obama administration had paid $400 million to Iran to resolve a dispute over an arms deal that went bust in 1979


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@pomeinnz
President Obama said of the $400m cash payment, "We couldn't send them a check and we couldn't wire the money." But if that's true, how did the $1.3b get to Iran? The Judgment Fund's website says the "preferred method" of payment is "via electronic fund transfer."
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All of Obama's interactions with Iran are shrouded in secrecy, designed to hide details and concessions from Congress and the public. But Congress, the branch of the federal government most accountable to the public,
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controls the purse strings under the Constitution and deserves an answer. The administration must come clean about how and why these payments were made. If it doesn't, Congress should conduct hearings to find out.
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Trudeau made the comment while deflecting questions about the payments, including attempts to learn why the Treasury Department transferred the money destined for Iran to the State Department in $99,999,999.99 increments