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| Die Hildebeast wanted Netanyahu to kick Arad out of their meeting |
| 2009-03-28 |
| Laura Rozen reports: Clinton wanted Netanyahu to kick Uzi Arad out of their meeting: [W]hen Secretary of State Hillary Clinton met with Netanyahu at the King David Hotel earlier this month, such was the concern that a certain former Mossad analyst who now serves as Netanyahu's security advisor may pose a counterintelligence problem that, after conferring with an aide, Clinton suggested to Netanyahu that they reduce the number of people in the room. ... Arad has been unable to get a U.S. visa for the past two years, he has suggested, because he was identified in a 2005 indictment (though not by name) as one of the Israelis who met with then-Pentagon Iran specialist Larry Franklin. Franklin pled guilty in 2005 on charges related to unauthorized disclosure of national-security information to people not authorized to receive it, including officials with the Israeli government. Clinton's suggestion was made, sources say, in the hopes that Netanyahu would get the message and excuse Arad from the meeting. What happened instead, sources report, was that Netanyahu dismissed from the meeting Israeli ambassador to Washington Sallai Meridor, who has since announced his resignation. (An account of the meeting previously published on ForeignPolicy.com revealed that Clinton seemed remarkably constrained and tight-lipped during it.) U.S. officials knowledgeable about the meeting declined to comment about the incident but did not deny that Arad's presence at the meeting was a concern to the U.S. delegation. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #5 "Arad has been denied a U.S. visa under section 212 3(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act. This gives consular officers and the Justice Department authority to bar people who may seek 'to violate any law of the United States relating to espionage or sabotage' from entering the country." Obviously some say Arad is cool as the other side of the pillow and should be welcomed to highly classified meetings with the US DoS. Others suggest, because of his sketchy past, he should just be marginialized but still be able to participate in the vapor. Still others believe he should rot in a prison cell; same as his fellow commrades that have stolen highly classified intelligence from the the US. Then again, some believe lying spies that pretend to be friends deserve a much harsher form of justice. You make the call. |
| Posted by: DepotGuy 2009-03-28 20:57 |
| #4 you mean when she needed NY Jew votes? Like when the pardons came in for poll group "victims", the New Square Hasidic Juice? Jeebus, aren't you the cynical one! |
| Posted by: Frank G 2009-03-28 17:41 |
| #3 Didn't Hillary try to get Jonathan Pollard (convicted and sentenced to life Israeli spy) pardoned during her Senate campaign? |
| Posted by: Rambler in Virginia 2009-03-28 17:22 |
| #2 A counterintelligance problem? He's an Israeli spy. He's going to tell the Israelis what happened in the meeting? If we're pissed off over the Franklin incident, be straightforward and say so. Say we're not dealing with someone who help flip a U.S. analyst. I like the Israelis and love my country. This nonsense makes me sick. |
| Posted by: DoDo 2009-03-28 12:22 |
| #1 Bibi knows exactly who and what he's dealing with. |
| Posted by: Frank G 2009-03-28 10:45 |