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To: Wharf Rat who wrote (423)	8/7/2016 3:28:36 PM
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Cotton: Clinton discussed executed Iranian scientist on email By Jacqueline Klimas ( @jacqklimas) • 8/7/16 12:30 PM Jacqueline Klimas Defense Correspondent The Washington Examiner Nuclear Scientist Executed In Iran For Spying For U.S. According to a spokesman, Iran has executed an Iranian nuclear scientist after a court convicted him of spying for Washington. The state news agency IRNA said, through his connection with the United States, Shahram Amiri gave vital information about the country to the enemy. He returned to Iran in 2010 and received a hero's welcome before being arrested. U.S. officials said Amiri had been free to come and go as he pleased, and that he may have returned because of pressures on his family in Iran. Hillary Clinton recklessly discussed, in emails hosted on her private server, an Iranian nuclear scientist who was executed by Iran for treason, Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., said Sunday. "I'm not going to comment on what he may or may not have done for the United States government, but in the emails that were on Hillary Clinton's private server, there were conversations among her senior advisors about this gentleman," he said on "Face the Nation." Cotton was speaking about Shahram Amiri, who gave information to the U.S. about Iran's nuclear program. The senator said this lapse proves she is not capable of keeping the country safe. "That goes to show just how reckless and careless her decision was to put that kind of highly classified information on a private server. And I think her judgment is not suited to keep this country safe," he said. Subscribe today to get intelligence and analysis on defense and national security issues in your Inbox each weekday morning from veteran journalists Jamie McIntyre and Jacqueline Klimas. Sorry, there was a problem processing your email signup. Please try again later. Processing... Thank you for signing up for the Daily on Defense newsletter. You should receive your first issue soon! The revelation could cause further political damage to Clinton, who was already on the defensive Sunday after commenting oddly last week that she had "short-circuited" in a statement related to her honesty about the email scandal. Republican nominee Donald Trump seized on the statement to question her mental stability. Iran confirmed on Sunday that Amiri had been hanged for treason. He was convicted of spying charges in a death sentence case that was upheld on appeal, according to the Associated Press. "This person who had access to the country's secret and classified information had been linked to our hostile and No. 1 enemy, America, the Great Satan" a spokesman for the Iranian judiciary said. "He provided the enemy with vital and secret information of the country." His body was returned to his mother with rope marks around the neck. It would appear possible that discussion on an unclassified — and quite possibly hacked — email system about a person who was hanged as a spy will have a chilling effect on others who might want to engage in espionage for the United States. Amiri disappeared while on a religious pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia in 2009, but he then resurfaced a year later in the U.S., where he visited the Iranian interest section of the Pakistani embassy and demanded to be sent home to Iran. While Amiri told reporters that he was held against his will by both the Saudis and the Americans, U.S. officials said he was receiving millions of dollars for information he provided about Iran's nuclear program. The scientist shows up in Clinton's emails back in 2010, just nine days before he returned to Iran. "We have a diplomatic, 'psychological' issue, not a legal one. Our friend has to be given a way out," the email by Richard Morningstar, a former State Department special envoy for Eurasian energy, read, according to the Associated Press. "Our person won't be able to do anything anyway. If he has to leave so be it." Cotton Sunday also accused the Obama administration of "working like a gun cartel" by sending $400 million to Iran in what many regard as ransom for hostages.

To: Wharf Rat who wrote (423)	8/7/2016 3:42:18 PM
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Very dishonest that ABC/Washington Post.33% were registered Democrats as opposed to only 27 percent registered Republicans. Only a moron would think this POLL is creditable. Thanks for posting. Washington Post as you know is biased and will lie about anything and change nothing ,"METHODOLOGY ?? This ABC News/Washington Post poll was conducted by landline and cellular telephone Aug. 1-4, 2016, in English and Spanish, among a random national sample of 1,002 adults, including 815 registered voters. Results have a margin of sampling error of 3.5 points, including the design effect, for the full sample, and 4 points for registered voters. Partisan divisions are 33-23-36 percent, Democrats-Republicans-independents, in the full sample, and 33-27-35 among registered voters."

To: Wharf Rat who wrote (423)	8/7/2016 3:54:01 PM
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Clinton's private server held emails about Iranian nuclear 'spy' who was executed today: Hillary's aides discussed their scientist ‘friend’ and his 'problematic' decision to return home Shahram Amiri was in the U.S. while Hillary was Secretary of State Believed to have handed over secret's about Tehran's nuclear program He was hanged for 'revealing secrets to the enemy' on Sunday Hillary stressed he was here at his 'own free will' at the time But he maintained he'd been kidnapped by American intelligence agents A diplomat and one of Clinton's top advisers then sent emails about him One stated it was 'diplomatic, psychological issue', but not a legal one By Wills Robinson For Dailymail.com Published: 13:10 EST, 7 August 2016 \| Updated: 13:43 EST, 7 August 2016 Hillary Clinton used her private email server to discuss details of the Iranian nuclear scientist who has executed for giving information to the CIA. Shahram Amiri, who was hanged on Sunday for 'revealing secrets to the enemy', was in the US and allegedly informing on Tehran's extensive nuclear program during the Democrat's controversial reign as Secretary of State. At the time she stressed researcher had been there of his 'own free will' and was described as 'our friend' in correspondences. But he maintained he had been kidnapped by intelligence agents. Emails sent by Clinton's advisers point to the scandal involving Amiri - suggesting it was a 'diplomatic, psychological issue', but not a 'legal one'. One aide also warned he would lead to 'problematic news stories'. Iranian nuclear scientist Shahram Amiri, who was accused of giving information to the CIA, has been executed Richard Morningstar, a former State Department special envoy for Eurasian energy wrote to Clinton: 'We should recognize his concerns and frame it in terms of a misunderstanding with no malevolent intent and that we will make sure there is no recurrence 'Our friend has to be given a way out. Our person won't be able to do anything anyway. If he has to leave so be it.' Senior adviser Jake Sullivan sent another email about Amiri on July 12, 2010. It appears he is referring to the scientist just hours before he showed up at the Iranian interests section of the Pakistani Embassy in Washington D.C., demanding he be sent home. He said: 'The gentleman ... has apparently gone to his country's interests section because he is unhappy with how much time it has taken to facilitate his departure. 'This could lead to problematic news stories in the next 24 hours.' Hillary Clinton used her private email server to discuss details of the Iranian nuclear scientist while he was in the United States Amiri went missing in 2009 after leaving for a pilgrimage to Mecca, but appeared in a video - apparently recorded in the U.S. - in which he claimed to have been put under pressure to 'reveal sensitive information' to the intelligence agency. In interviews he has claimed he was drugged, put on a plane, and then kept under 'psychological pressure' at an undisclosed location in the U.S. There he was asked to hand over classified documents, but he claims he never did as he didn't want to betray his country. He then walked into the Iranian interests section at the Pakistani Embassy in Washington and demanded to be sent home. He came back to a heroes welcome and insisted he was a 'simple researcher'. Amiri worked for a university affiliated with Tehran's extensive nuclear program. He is said to have had an in-depth knowledge of Iran's nuclear program and was kept at a secret location after returning to the country. According to CBS, he told officials in interviews he was being held against his will by Saudi and U.S. spies. But American officials said he was set to receive millions for informing Amiri's mother told the BBC that his body had been sent to her with rope marks around his neck. On Sunday, an Iranian judicial spokesman confirmed the execution had taken place. He told the Mizan Online news site: 'Shahram Amiri was hanged for revealing the country's top secrets to the enemy (US).' In another recording filmed when he was missing, the scientist suggested he had fled from the USA, where he had been held against his will. But US officials said they paid Amiri some $5 million to defect and provide 'significant' information about Iran's atomic program. Amiri later fled the U.S. without the money. Iranian officials previously touted Amiri's claim he had been abducted by U.S. agents while on a pilgrimage to holy sites in Saudi Arabia. They welcomed him home in 2010 as a hero. But his family confirmed to the BBC he had been given a lengthy jail sentence after returning to the Middle East. The State Department declined to comment on Amiri's execution. Shakram Amiri appeared in a video in which he claimed to have been put under pressure to 'reveal sensitive information' by the CIA. Upon his return to Tehran, Iranian authorities backed up his claim to have been treated to a 'hero's welcome' Amiri's disappearance will raise concerns about the future of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, a British-Iranian aid worker being held by Tehran. The 37-year-old, who was arrested as she tried to leave Iran after a visit with her two-year-old daughter, appeared in the Revolutionary Court on Monday. 'We continue to raise our strong concerns about British prisoners in Iran, including Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe, at the highest levels in both London and Tehran,' a spokeswoman for Britain's Foreign Office said. Zaghari-Ratcliffe, 37, works for the Thomson Reuters Foundation, a London-based charity that is independent of Thomson Reuters and operates independently of Reuters News. The Foreign Office spokeswoman said former Prime Minister David Cameron had repeatedly raised the case with his Iranian counterpart. 'We are deeply concerned by recent reports that Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe has been charged but has not been allowed to see a lawyer,' the spokeswoman said. 'We remain ready to facilitate Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe's daughter's return to the UK if requested.' Amiri's disappearance will raise concerns about the future of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, a British-Iranian aid worker being held by Tehran Read more: Iranian nuclear scientist Shahram Amiri 'executed' - BBC News Iran says it executed nuclear scientist in US spy mystery - The Washington Post Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3728222/Hillary-Clinton-discussed-executed-Iranian-nuclear-scientist-advisers-private-server-referring-friend.html#ixzz4Gg6K7lBR Follow us: @MailOnline on Twitter \| DailyMail on Facebook