Liberal CASH Ransom Excuse Proved B$!

[easyt65]

After it was revealed that Barry loaded $400 Million in un-marked foreign currency, loaded it up on an unmarked plane, and delivered to a remote cash-for-hostages airstrip, and gave Iran a ransom for US hostages, Barry and libs tried to justify the CASH payment by declaring The US could NOT wire the money to Iran because of sanctions and / or other CR@P!




U.S. made wire payments to Iran before and after cash payment linked to prisoner release
U.S. made wire payments to Iran before and after cash payment linked to prisoner release - Hot Air

Truth Be D@mned....


'Barry, Barry, Barry!'

 

[Care4all]

since when are ransoms paid AFTER the release of a prisoner or someone kidnapped? Ransoms are always paid, BEFORE the release of hostages or the kidnapped...

 

[easyt65]

since when are ransoms paid AFTER the release of a prisoner or someone kidnapped? Ransoms are always paid, BEFORE the release of hostages or the kidnapped...

Nice try....the links and articles already provided show the hostages were not released until after the $400 million was delivered.

The WH has said the payments before and after have been money we owed to Iraqn.

If Barry can pay Iran before and after with wire transfers, then the BS excuse they could not do so for the hostage exchange was just that - BS! Barry delivered the cash just as the hostage takers demanded. Good boy, Barry. And another liberal lie exposed.

 

[boedicca]

It's WAY more than $400M...the ultimate total may be as high as $33.6B, according to expert testimony before Congress.

Iran May Have Received as Much as $33.6 Billion in Cash, Gold Payments From U.S.

 

[Care4all]

could have, may have, might have....

how about some real journalism for a change instead of tabloid reporting?

 

[waltky]

Nefarious Obama's nefarious deal with nefarious Iran...

Obama admin ripped over ‘secret’ deal aiding Iranian banks
September 30, 2016 - The Obama administration is coming under tough new criticism for its dealings with Tehran after a Wall Street Journal report claimed the U.S. agreed to sign a “secret document” lifting international sanctions on Iranian banks just as the regime was releasing four American prisoners.

House Speaker Paul Ryan on Friday called on Obama to provide “an immediate explanation.” According to the Journal, the Obama administration agreed to support removing United Nations sanctions on the banks well in advance of the 2023 date agreed upon in the nuclear deal. The early removal of sanctions on Bank Sepah and Bank Sepah International reportedly was part of a broader list of “tightly scripted agreements,” including the controversial prisoner exchange and transfer of $1.7 billion in cash to Iran that Republicans characterize as a “ransom.”

Ryan said the move violated the nuclear deal. “This story grows more disturbing with each passing day," Ryan, R-Wis., said in his statement. “It now appears that on the same day American hostages were freed from Iran, the administration not only agreed to the $1.7 billion cash ransom payment, but violated a key term of the nuclear deal by prematurely lifting ballistic missile sanctions.” The White House downplayed the details, though, as old news. “I'd note that this information is not new and was reported on back in January,” a National Security Council official said.

A senior administration official said the U.S. was “comfortable” removing the bank from the U.N. sanctions list since the U.S. was already removing Bank Sepah from its own “Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List.” The official said the bank will still be cut off from the U.S. financial system, and the U.S. government has the ability to “quickly re-impose” sanctions if needed.

The Treasury Department designated both banks as facilitators of Iran’s nuclear program in January 2007 but sanctions were not to be lifted until 2023. “Bank Sepah is the financial linchpin of Iran's missile procurement network and has actively assisted Iran's pursuit of missiles capable of carrying weapons of mass destruction," said Stuart Levey, Treasury's under secretary for terrorism and financial intelligence (TFI), in his 2007 statement initiating the sanctions. The series of newly revealed agreements, including delivering millions to Iran in cash payments, has angered Republicans on Capitol Hill. The Treasury Department has conceded it made two wire transfers to Iran in July 2015 and April 2016 despite claims that sanctions prevented non-cash payments to Iran.

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