Friday, July 31, 2015

The Closed Covenants

The Closed Covenants - The New York Sun:
"A remarkable four minutes of video has emerged from Secretary of State Kerry’s testimony before the Senate.
It shows the Secretary squirming under the questioning of Senator Cotton on what the agile Arkansan calls the “two secret side deals” between the International Atomic Energy Agency and Iran.
They are related to inspections of the Iranian regime.
The video shows the two leaders of the American negotiating team — Mr. Kerry and Secretary Moniz of the energy department — stating that they don’t know who, if anyone, has read these two secret agreements...
“Why can’t we confirm or deny the content of these agreements in public?” Mr. Cotton inquires. “Why is it classified. 
It’s not a sensitive U.S. government document. 
The ayatollahs know what they’ve agreed to.
“Because,” Mr. Kerry replies, “we respect the process of the AEAI, and we don’t have their authorization to reveal what is a confidential agreement between them and another country.”
Senator Cotton then asks him:
“So the ayatollahs will know what they’ve agreed to but not the American people...”

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