Iranians freed in Obama's nuclear deal posed national security threat, says report | Fox News

Iranians freed in Obama's nuclear deal posed national security threat, says report | Fox News: "President Obama’s controversial release last year of seven prisoners with ties to Iran was presented as a good will gesture linked to the larger nuclear deal with the Islamic Republic, but a new report claims some of those released were deemed threats to national security.
The agreement which freed the U.S. prisoners was part of a flurry of related deals that unfroze more than $100 billion in Iranian assets and brought home five Americans held by Tehran. 
But Politico, in an exhaustive report, claims there was more to what President Obama presented as a “one-time gesture” of releasing prisoners  described as businessmen convicted of or awaiting trial for mere “sanctions-related offenses, violations of the trade embargo.”
“In reality, some of them were accused by Obama’s own Justice Department of posing threats to national security,” Politico reported.
Three of those released by the U.S. allegedly helped supply Iran with U.S.-made technology used in surface-to-air and cruise missiles, Politico reported. 
Another freed by the Obama administration was an aerospace engineer serving an eight-year term for conspiring to supply Iran with satellite technology. 
As part of the deal, U.S. prosecutors dropped their demand for $10 million he received from Tehran, the publication reported..."