Ping to # 19 by Maggie, then see # 20 by Greg.
In a few minutes I'll ping to another comment in this thread, need to read it before pinging.
Thanks, both.
http://freebeacon.com/national-security/former-obama-officials-loyalists-waged-campaign-oust-flynn/
February 14, 2017
Former Obama Officials, Loyalists Waged Secret Campaign to Oust Flynn
Sources: Former Obama officials, loyalists planted series of stories to discredit Flynn, bolster Iran deal.
EXCERPT
The effort, said to include former Obama administration adviser Ben Rhodes—the architect of a separate White House effort to create what he described as a pro-Iran echo chamber—included a small task force of Obama loyalists who deluged media outlets with stories aimed at eroding Flynn’s credibility, multiple sources revealed.
The operation primarily focused on discrediting Flynn, an opponent of the Iran nuclear deal, in order to handicap the Trump administration’s efforts to disclose secret details of the nuclear deal with Iran that had been long hidden by the Obama administration.
Insiders familiar with the anti-Flynn campaign told the Free Beacon that these Obama loyalists plotted in the months before Trump’s inauguration to establish a set of roadblocks before Trump’s national security team, which includes several prominent opponents of diplomacy with Iran. The Free Beacon first reported on this effort in January.
Sources who spoke to the Free Beacon requested anonymity in order to speak freely about the situation and avoid interfering with the White House’s official narrative about Flynn, which centers on his failure to adequately inform the president about a series of phone calls with Russian officials.
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Oh, the irony.
Democrats Admit to Being Lobbied by Russia, China and Europe Before Backing Iran Nuclear Deal
By Patrick Goodenough
September 3, 2015
EXCERPT
As previously undecided senators one by one came out in support of the agreement over the past month, references in their statements to the views of the other P5+1 governments involved in the negotiations – Russia, China, Britain, France and Germany – were strikingly common.
Many of them attended a briefing by ambassadors from those countries in early August.
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From the article.
Partial list:
Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.)
Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.)
Al Franken (D-Minn.)
Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii)
Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.)
Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.)
Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.)
Thomas Carper (D-Dela.)
Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio)
Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.)
Joe Donnelly (D-Ind.)
Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.)
Chris Coons (D-Dela.)
Robert Casey (D-Pa.)
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Et tu, Flake??
Sen. Jeff Flake takes heat on Iran nuclear deal
Dan Nowicki , The Republic | azcentral.com 6:25 p.m. MT Aug. 8, 2015
Ping to # 19 by Maggie, then see # 20 by Greg.
In a few minutes I'll ping to another comment in this thread, need to read it before pinging.
Thanks, both.