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Kerry quietly seeking to salvage Iran deal he helped craft
2018-05-05
[BOSTONGLOBE] John F. I was in Vietnam, you know Kerry
Former Senator-for-Life from Massachussetts, self-defined war hero, speaker of French, owner of a lucky hat, conqueror of Cambodia, unsuccessful presidential candidate, and utterly failed Secretary of State...
’s bid to save one of his most significant accomplishments as secretary of state took him to New York on a Sunday afternoon two weeks ago, where, more than a year after he left office, he engaged in some unusual shadow diplomacy with a top-ranking Iranian official.

He sat down at the United Nations
...the Oyster Bay money pit...
with Foreign Minister Javad Zarif to discuss ways of preserving the pact limiting Iran’s nuclear weapons program. It was the second time in about two months that the two had met to strategize over salvaging a deal they spent years negotiating during the B.O. regime, according to a person briefed on the meetings.

With the Iran deal facing its gravest threat since it was signed in 2015, Kerry has been on an aggressive yet stealthy mission to preserve it,
How stealthy can it be when the Boston Globe is practically shouting about it from the rooftops?
using his deep lists of contacts gleaned during his time as the top US diplomat to try to apply pressure on the Trump administration from the outside. President Trump, who has consistently criticized the pact and campaigned in 2016 on scuttling it, faces a May 12 deadline to decide whether to continue abiding by its terms.

John Kerry Recently Met With Iranian Official in Attempt to Save Iran Nuclear Deal

[Townhall] A Boston Globe report came out Friday evening that former Secretary of State John Kerry has recently met with an Iranian official in order to save President Obama’s signature Iran nuclear deal. This raises serious concerns that Kerry violated the Logan Act by meeting with a foreign official.

If the report is accurate, Kerry could have violated the Logan Act.
Whoops!
The Logan Act, officially known as 18 U.S.C. §953, is "an old but rarely-invoked federal statute prohibiting unauthorized private diplomacy with foreign nations," according to the Federalist Society blog.

The Logan Act reads: "Any citizen of the United States, wherever he may be, who, without authority of the United States, directly or indirectly commences or carries on any correspondence or intercourse with any foreign government or any officer or agent thereof, with intent to influence the measures or conduct of any foreign government or of any officer or agent thereof, in relation to any disputes or controversies with the United States, or to defeat the measures of the United States, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than three years, or both.
Posted by:Fred

#14  JFnK should stick to riding his bicycle.
Posted by: JohnQC   2018-05-05 18:37  

#13  Lurch is advising them to resist Trump in every way per a report by a British news outlet this afternoon.
Posted by: Omeger Gray6606   2018-05-05 18:33  

#12  As Mr. Lipscomb noted: There is one odd coincidence that gives some weight to the possibility that Mr. Kerry was dishonorably discharged … when a dishonorable discharge is issued, all pay benefits and allowances, and all medals and honors are revoked as well. And five months after Mr. Kerry joined the U.S. Senate in 1985, on one single day, June 4, all of Mr. Kerry’s medals were reissued.
My older brother was lucky (very lucky!) to survive a full year in the Riverboats, so words fail me describing my contempt for this bottom feeder.
Posted by: magpie   2018-05-05 18:12  

#11  Depending on what he is telling them. If he's letting them in on confidential or secret information then I think its a little more than Logan Act violations - more like Treason.
And I don't think he (or the Clintons or Obamas) would hesitate to do so.
Posted by: CrazyFool   2018-05-05 15:05  

#10  Meh. Kerry got away with violating the Logan Act int the 70s when he negotiated with the North Vietnamese government during an active conflict.
Posted by: Rambler in Virginia    2018-05-05 12:54  

#9   Appears Kerry is still billing hours to the Obama-Clinton contract.

First thing any good union man learns is don't kill the job.
Posted by: SteveS   2018-05-05 11:12  

#8  Appears Kerry is still billing hours to the Obama-Clinton contract.
Posted by: Besoeker   2018-05-05 10:05  

#7  There is good chance they were merely agreeing to the story line to stick to as the Iranian deal falls apart..

Posted by: Airandee   2018-05-05 09:12  

#6  And the #METOO movement removed the old statute of limitations, no matter how long ago.
Posted by: P2kontheroad   2018-05-05 08:47  

#5  Ref #2: I am reasonably certain air fare and extradition to North Vietnam will NOT be an issue.
Posted by: Besoeker   2018-05-05 08:36  

#4  How many times can Senator Hairshirt commit treason and get away with it?
Posted by: Raj   2018-05-05 08:12  

#3  '"Kerry quietly"....violating the Logan Act....
Posted by: Thaiper Ulick8841   2018-05-05 07:36  

#2  Why not ask the Vietnamese to issue a warrant for him over the self-admitted killing of prisoners?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2018-05-05 03:57  

#1  I'm very sorry Senator, your United States Passport appears to have been revoked. Is there someone you'd like us to call ?
Posted by: Besoeker   2018-05-05 00:39  

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