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Sessions announces Hezbollah financing, narcoterror team after bombshell report
Fox News ^ | Jan 11 2018 | Samuel Chamberlain

Posted on 01/11/2018 5:34:04 AM PST by smileyface

The Department of Justice announced Thursday that it is creating a task force to take a fresh look at drug-trafficking and money-laundering operations linked to Hezbollah after an investigative report last month claimed that the Obama administration turned a blind eye to such activities to preserve the Iran nuclear deal.

The task force, dubbed the Hezbollah Financing and Narcoterrorism Team (HFNT), will begin its work by reviewing investigations stemming from Project Cassandra, a campaign led by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) targeting the Lebanese terror group’s actions.

According to a Politico report published last month, officials with the Obama Justice and Treasury Departments repeatedly delayed or rejected requests by Project Cassandra leaders to pursue significant investigations, prosecutors or sanctions.

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#fakestine , The ultimate sh!thole nation, and it shouldn’t even be a nation.


41 posted on 01/14/2018 11:41:38 PM PST by Impala64ssa (Islamophobic? NO! IslamABHORic)
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