Obama derailed campaign targeting Hezbollah to secure nuclear deal with Iran: Report

superbeets · Dec 17, 2017

by Caitlin Yilek | Dec 17, 2017, 7:19 PM

Obama derailed campaign targeting Hezbollah to secure nuclear deal with Iran: Report

The Obama administration secretly derailed Drug Enforcement Administration efforts targeting the Iran-backed terrorist group Hezbollah as it worked to secure a nuclear deal with Iran, according to a new report.

superbeets · Dec 17, 2017

In 2008, the DEA launched “Project Cassandra” to track Hezbollah’s trafficking of drug and weapons, money laundering and other criminal activities, some of which were happening in the U.S.

As Project Cassandra carried on, the Obama administration threw a series of roadblocks in its way, Politico reported Sunday.

When investigators sought approval for prosecutions, arrests, and financial sanctions, the Justice Department and Treasury Department officials delayed, hindered, or denied their requests, the report said.

“This was a policy decision, it was a systematic decision,” Defense Department illicit finance analyst David Asher said. “They serially ripped apart this entire effort that was very well supported and resourced, and it was done from the top down.”

Project Cassandra members said Obama officials blocked or undermined their efforts to chase down top Hezbollah operatives, including one of the world’s biggest cocaine traffickers who was also a top supplier of conventional and chemical weapons used by Syrian President Bashar Assad against his own citizens.

Former Obama administration officials told Politico their decisions were guided by improving relations with Iran, stalling its nuclear weapons program and freeing four Americans prisoners held by the country. The officials denied any Project Cassandra efforts were derailed for political reasons.

superbeets · Dec 17, 2017

“The world is a lot more complicated than viewed through the narrow lens of drug trafficking,” a former national security official in the Obama administration said. “So, you’re not going to let CIA rule the roost, but you’re also certainly not going to let DEA do it either. Your approach to anything as complicated as Hezbollah is going to have to involve the interagency [process], because the State Department has a piece of the pie, the intelligence community does, Treasury does, DOD does.”

But Asher said the closer the U.S. got to making a deal with Iran involving its nuclear weapons program, the more the investigations into Hezbollah “went away.”

“So much of the capability, whether it was special operations, whether it was law enforcement, whether it was [Treasury] designations — even the capacity, the personnel assigned to this mission — it was assiduously drained, almost to the last drop, by the end of the Obama administration,” he said.

After President Obama announced the deal in January 2016, Project Cassandra officials said they were transferred to other assignments.

superbeets · Dec 17, 2017

https://www.politico.com/interactives/2017/obama-hezbollah-drug-trafficking-investigation/

The secret backstory of how Obama let Hezbollah off the hook.

An ambitious U.S. task force targeting Hezbollah's billion-dollar criminal enterprise ran headlong into the White House's desire for a nuclear deal with Iran.
By Josh Meyer

GasMan · Dec 17, 2017

People like GayFart, DogWhisperer and other liberals love Obama and love the deal with Iran he brokered.

Now, no one else on the planet can comprehend what a foolish fucking idea it was except when it points to answer all of the things Obama did to the US, the answer that fits every question is

He hated the United States

And these jerk offs in here would suck Michelle's dick if she whipped it out.

busterhyman · Dec 18, 2017

traitor to the united states

superbeets · Dec 18, 2017

[h=1]The Obama administration 'SABOTAGED a DEA operation to stop Hezbollah smuggling drugs into the US and helped the militant group grow into a global threat so the Iran nuke deal would go ahead'[/h]

Ex-President's officials accused of opening a door for traffickers and launderers
DEA led a complex operation called Project Cassandra to bring down militants
Claimed Obama's people threw down a number of roadblocks, hindering agents
As the Iran nuclear deal neared its agreement, the harder it became for the DEA

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superbeets · Dec 18, 2017

Barack Obama's administration has been accused of sabotaging an operation to stop Hezbollah smuggling drugs into the US so that a nuclear deal with Iran could proceed.
In a stunning exposé by Politico, the former US President's officials are said to have opened the door for trafficking and money laundering operations.
The Drug Enforcement Administration led a complex venture called Project Cassandra to tackle the criminality of the Lebanese militant group.
But it is claimed Obama's people threw down a number of roadblocks, effectively paving the way for Hezbollah's illegal activities.
DEA agents claim the Obama administration stopped them arresting key figures linked to Hezbollah as an agreement on the Iran nuclear deal approached - and scrapped Project Cassandra entirely once the terms were agreed.

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Barack Obama's (pictured) administration has been accused of sabotaging an operation to stop Hezbollah smuggling drugs into the US so that a nuclear deal with Iran could proceed

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Hezbollah's chief vows to end Israel and the US and calls for 'millions of martyrs' to march to Jerusalem in a televised speech

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superbeets · Dec 18, 2017

By putting themselves between the DEA and Hezbollah, it helped the militant group grow into a global security threat, the report said.

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The undercover investigation's leaders sought permission for a number of significant prosecutions, arrests and financial sanctions, but Justice and Treasury Department officials delayed, Politico said.

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A Lebanese supporter of the Shiite Hezbollah movement hold up the movement's flag as he listens to Hezbollah's leader Hasan Nasrallah delivering a televised speech

In some cases, they were hindered and some requests from the DEA's Counter facility in Chantilly, Virginia, were flatly rejected.
This hampered Project Cassandra's efforts to bring the Hezbollah hierarchy to their knees.
They included one of the world's biggest cocaine traffickers who also supplied Syrian President Bashar al-Assad with chemical weapons.
Talking anonymously, some former Obama officials told Politico the decisions were made to improve relations with Iran.
David Asher, who helped establish Project Cassandra, told Politico: 'This was a policy decision, it was a systematic decision.
'They serially ripped apart this entire effort that was very well supported and resourced, and it was done from the top down.'
He added that the closer Obama for to finalizing the Iran nuclear deal, the more difficult the DEA's job became.
The weapons agreement was announced in January 2016, which coincided with Project Cassandra officials being moved onto other assignments.

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The secret backstory of how Obama let Hezbollah off the hook

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superbeets · Dec 18, 2017

[h=2]The Obama administration 'SABOTAGED a DEA operation to stop Hezbollah smuggling drugs into the US and helped the militant group grow into a global threat to save Iran nuke deal'[/h]

Barack Obama's administration has been accused of sabotaging an operation to stop Hezbollah smuggling drugs into the US so that a nuclear deal with Iran could proceed. In a stunning exposé by Politico, the former US President's officials are said to have opened the door for trafficking and money laundering operations. The Drug Enforcement Administration led a complex venture called Project Cassandra to shine a light on the alleged criminality of the Lebanese militant group. But it is claimed Obama's people threw down a number of roadblocks, effectively paving the way for illegal activities.

Acebb · Dec 18, 2017

This is sickening.

In a sane country, Obama would have been impeached.

Willie99 · Dec 18, 2017

Obama is a stupid man, a dishonest man and the worst POTUS in it's history

He made so many bad choices, it's mind boggling

One can actually argue he can't be that stupid, so he must be be trying to undermine America. I'm not making that argument, for now I'm just sticking with "he's a fucking idiot".

SheriffJoe · Dec 18, 2017

Gas Man said:
People like GayFart, DogWhisperer and other liberals love Obama and love the deal with Iran he brokered.

Now, no one else on the planet can comprehend what a foolish fucking idea it was except when it points to answer all of the things Obama did to the US, the answer that fits every question is

He hated the United States

And these jerk offs in here would suck Michelle's dick if she whipped it out.

because he wasn't an American

Dave007inVegas · Dec 18, 2017

Sheriff Joe said:
because he wasn't an American

No one will ever be able to convince me otherwise.

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