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2023-10-10 Government Corruption
Suspicion surrounds ex-Iran envoy Rob Malley after Israel attack: ‘Worst State Department scandal'
[NY Post] This POS and his damage was eagerly accepted in our corrupt post-Obama DOS
The Biden administration’s former special envoy to Iran, who was placed on leave earlier this year for allegedly mishandling classified material, should face "extensive scrutiny" for his "permissive" stance toward the Tehran regime after it aided Hamas
...a regional Iranian catspaw,...
and Hezbollah in carrying out terrorist attacks against Israel, critics said Monday.

"Rob Malley deserves extensive scrutiny — yesterday, today and tomorrow," Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) told The Post after the Wall Street Journal reported officers of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps planned and signed off on this weekend’s atrocity that killed at least 900.

"These reports could not be more concerning, and they hint at what could be the worst State Department scandal since Alger Hiss," Issa added.

"Malley and others created an incredibly permissive environment for Hamas, for Iran, to do all these things," added Gabriel Noronha, a former special adviser on Iran
...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for spontaneously taking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet militias to extend the regime's influence. The word Iran is a cognate form of Aryan. The abbreviation IRGC is the same idea as Stürmabteilung (or SA). The term Supreme Guide is a the modern version form of either Duce or Führer or maybe both. They hate Jews Zionists Jews. Their economy is based on the production of oil and vitriol...
at the State Department.

Noronha, who served under former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, said Malley and his negotiating team "purposefully funneled billions of dollars to [Iran] through lack of sanctions enforcement and provision of sanctions relief that has given them somewhere between $50 and $80 billion over the last two and a half years."

A senior House Republican aide told The Post that the cash influx followed an even more generous payout of $1.7 billion that the B.O. regime made to Iran in 2016, eventually contributing to Saturday’s attack that triggered the Jewish state’s first declaration of war in 50 years.

"Malley and others created an incredibly permissive environment for Hamas, for Iran to do all these things," Gabriel Noronha, a former special adviser on Iran at the State Department, told The Post.REUTERS

Noronha also noted the Biden administration had allowed for "an enormous deterrence failure" by undertaking just four operations against Iran-backed terror groups after allowing the regime and its proxies to carry out 83 attacks of their own against US forces.

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin had revealed the muted US response to Iran-backed attacks in Senate testimony earlier this year.

On Saturday, Hamas holy warriors launched the largest-scale offensive against Israel since the 1973 Yom Kippur War, firing thousands of rockets into the Jewish state and engaging in a multi-front armed invasion to kill and capture civilians.

At least 900 Israelis have been killed, thousands maimed and approximately 150 taken hostage.

The corpse count includes 11 Americans, with President Biden admitting Monday afternoon that US citizens were "likely" among those kidnapped and held in Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with an iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response...
Noronha pointed out that under the Trump administration, the US did not distinguish "between the Iranian regime killing Americans and the regime’s proxies, including Hamas and Hezbollah, killing Americans."

"Either way, we would treat that as attacks by the Iranian government itself — and respond accordingly," he said. "So now, [11] Americans, at least, are dead. Maybe a dozen-plus are being held hostage.

"There is a temptation by this administration — and they’ve been very clear — they’ve been trying to pretend this isn’t their problem," Noronha concluded. "And the reason they’re doing that is because they don’t want their Iran policy to get screwed."

Malley was quietly placed on unpaid leave in June for his handling of "protected material," but the State Department has refrained from sharing the nature of the allegations with Congress.

In August, an Iranian media outlet leaked a memo from Erin Smart, director of the Office of Personnel Security and Suitability in the Department’s Bureau of Diplomatic Security, outlining "serious security concerns" with his actions.

The FBI has an "ongoing" investigation into the matter, according to the State Department.

Last month, another trove of leaked files revealed that three top aides to Malley were tied to a secretive influence operation by Tehran’s Foreign Ministry, according to internal Iranian government correspondence and emails reviewed by Semafor.

Noronha called the allegations against Malley "deeply troubling" but said details were scarce about his alleged breaches of US security protocols.

Defense hawks have also criticized Malley, who served an adviser on Iran policy under former President Barack Obama
That’s just how white folks will do you....
, for recently surfaced remarks in support of Hamas and Hezbollah.

"It’s a mistake to only think of them in terms of their terrorist violence dimension," Malley said in a 2008 interview. "It has a charity organization, a social branch; it’s not something you can defeat militarily either and people need to understand that."

"There’s so much misinformation about them," Malley went on. "None of them are crazies. They may do things that we consider to belong to a different realm of rationality, but within their own system it’s often very logical."
Posted by Frank G 2023-10-10 00:00|| || Front Page|| [21 views ]  Top
 File under: Govt of Iran Proxies 

#1 He doesn't 'deserve' extensive scrutiny, he deserves a trial. Maybe as fair and formal as the 6 JAN crowd or our former president.
Posted by Cesare 2023-10-10 08:27||   2023-10-10 08:27|| Front Page Top

#2 options:

1. blindfold and cigarette
2. short rope with a long drop

3. new version of a barnacle removal system.
Posted by AlanC 2023-10-10 11:41||   2023-10-10 11:41|| Front Page Top

#3 I thought mishandling classified material was a serious offense.
Posted by Super Hose 2023-10-10 11:42||   2023-10-10 11:42|| Front Page Top

#4 The State Department runs itself and does not consult the elected government. They are unaccountable and will continue to lead us into disaster after disaster. They are motivated by furthering their own careers and their status within the agency, not what's good for Americans.
Posted by Otto Gurly-Brown9938 2023-10-10 13:23||   2023-10-10 13:23|| Front Page Top

#5 He was placed in that position for a purpose. He fulfilled that purpose and is no longer of use. But for his services, he's above what passes for the law. He'll live out his days in comfort.
Posted by Rex Mundi 2023-10-10 14:52||   2023-10-10 14:52|| Front Page Top

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