Terror Finance Expert Says $400 Million To Iran Looks Like ‘A Ransom Payment’

[rangerrebew]

Terror Finance Expert Says $400 Million To Iran Looks Like ‘A Ransom Payment’
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Russ Read
National Security/Foreign Policy Reporter
8:48 PM 08/04/2016
 
 
 
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry (L) speaks with Hossein Fereydoun (C), the brother of Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, and Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif (R), before the Secretary and Foreign Minister addressed an international press corps gathered at the Austria Center in Vienna, Austria, July 14, 2015. REUTERS/US State Department/Handout via Reuters   

The White House has dismissed claims that it paid Iran a “ransom” in exchange for the release of four hostages in January, but one terror finance expert says the sketchy transfer has the hallmarks of a ransom.

“The timing of this, despite administration protests to the contrary, suggests that this was a ransom payment,” Jonathan Schanzer, an expert on terrorism finance and the vice president of research at the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies, told The Daily Caller News Foundation. “And even if this was not what the administration intended, it certainly looks that way to the Iranians.”

Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2016/08/04/terror-finance-expert-says-400-million-to-iran-looks-like-a-ransom-payment/#ixzz4GSgGz5Qr

[Fishrrman]

One has to be a "terror finance expert" to comprehend this...?

[IsailedawayfromFR]

What Obama has really done is establish what bounty the US will pay on the heads of kidnapped American citizens.

At $100,000,000 a head, look for kidnapping to be a prime business for those looking to humiliate America and make money doing it.

Paul Ryan : if placing a bounty on US citizens does not meet the criteria of impeachment, nothing will.

As per the Constitution  Article 1, Section 2 of the oath of the President:

“I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of
President of the United States, and will to the best of my
Ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of
the United States.”

[IsailedawayfromFR]

Paul Ryan : there is a general talking

http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2016/08/06/kendall-rebellion-in-wisconsin/

[Oceander]

It's clearly a ransom payment.

[rangerrebew]

If it looks like a duck, flies like a duck, and quacks like a duck, its a duck.