Ted Cruz vindicated in the Iran ransom for hostages deal

Source: Blasting News | August 18, 2016 | Mark Whittington

Obama administration held the $400 million until the hostages were released

When the Iran ransom for hostages deal first came to light, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas was first and foremost in demanding an accounting and suggesting that it violated federal law. The Barack Obama administration has denied any connection between the arrival of a plane full of euros and Swiss francs to Tehran airport and the departure of a plane full of hostages from the same airport on the same night. Now, thanks to reporting from several news organizations such as Fox News, we learn that the Obama administration held the $400 million until the hostages were released. The revelation suggests that the $400 million in foreign currency was ransom and that President Obama and his people knew that it was.

We already know, thanks to the testimony of the hostages themselves, that the Iranians held them on the plane until the aircraft stuffed with cash arrived, suggesting that the Iranians knew they were being paid a ransom.

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If only there had been a presidential candidate who understood the threat Iran posed? But Ted Cruz is staying in the Senate, at least for the next four years.

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