And, suspiciously, he failed to disclose those payments. Short-sighted “diplomats” like Thomas Pickering and corporations like Boeing, with their fingers in the till, will be the death of this nation. The media was paid off, too. Hope they enjoy their largesse while Iran sets the world on fire.
“Diplomat Who Pushed for Iran Deal Failed to Disclose Payments from Boeing, Which Made $25B,” The Tower, June 23, 2016:
A veteran U.S. diplomat who pushed for the nuclear deal with Iran, which allowed Boeing to sell $25 billion worth of planes to state-owned Iran Air, did not disclose that he was paid by Boeing during the time he advocated for the agreement, The Daily Beast reported Wednesday.
Thomas Pickering, a former ambassador to Russia, India, Israel, and the United Nations who served under Presidents George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton, confirmed to The Daily Beast that he was an employee of the Boeing Corporation from 2001 to 2006, after which he continued his association with the company as a paid consultant until the end of 2015.
During the debate over the nuclear deal, Pickering testified before Congress, lobbied individual lawmakers, and published numerous articles promoting the deal. The Daily Beast could not find any records of him disclosing his ties to Boeing, a company that sought to benefit from the deal.
Neil Gordon, an investigator for the Project on Government Oversight, a watchdog group, told The Daily Beast that Pickering should have disclosed his ties to Boeing. “I think it’s necessary for the public debate,” he said. “It’s necessary for the public to fully realize the participants’ financial interests. Some of them might have a direct financial stake in a particular outcome.”
On June 16, 2014, Pickering testified before the House Armed Services Committee in favor of the nuclear deal and against imposing new sanctions on Iran. In the biography provided to the committee, Pickering only recounted his military and government service, not any business ties. He also co-authored an op-ed for The Washington Post in 2014 and an article for Tablet in 2015 advocating for the deal without disclosing his connection to Boeing. (In the latter article, Pickering dismissed concerns that Iran would use the funds it gained to sanctions relief to fund terrorist groups or the regime of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad. In fact, Iran has increased its defense budget by 90% since the implementation of the deal.)
An investigation by the Washington Free Beacon earlier this year revealed that Boeing had a team of 11 lobbyists to promote the deal. Boeing may have spent up to $4,956,000 on its broader lobbying efforts in the fourth quarter of 2015, according to its disclosure forms; one of the subjects it worked on was “U.S.-Iran Relations.”…

Alarmed Pig Farmer says
It used to be that Boeing, Northrup and Aerospatiale sold only to our allies, and our enemies had to buy from the Russians. But things have gotten really fuzzy on the enemy vs. ally thing the last couple of decades, and now a great company like Boeing is supplying our sworn enemy Iran. Things have changed, and I submit that the whole fictive reality about Islam being a rational player on the world stage is a big cause in that. Once you start kidding yourself about serious matters, behavior becomes irrational.
mortimer says
$25 bn is a very persuasive argument for betraying your country, Israel and the world.
Tatka says
The whole gang must go to jail for selling America to the enemy
Shame!
linnte says
WTH is an American company, ANY American company selling anything to Iran ESPECIALLY WHEN there were supposed to be SANCTIONS on them?? Not even a loaf of cheap white bread should have been sold. Isn’t this a form of Treason? Good heavens! The love of money is the root of all evil.
linnte says
And I have to say, the push for the Trans Pacific Partnership at the opportune time when sanctions were lifted off Iran was no coincidence! Obama is such a CROOK!
خَليفة says
not only is the love of money the root of all evil, it is also the xylem and phloem of evil
duh swami says
The gov took the evil out of lobe of money when they banned real money and replaced it with paper coupons…Bow it’s the love of coupons that is the root of evil……
linnte says
Flora and fauna of evil too. Very sad.
MS Case says
Iran and a host of other Islamic nations are enemies of America
No one in America should be “selling”anything to them.
No one in America should be “buying” anything from them.
Our government should not be “giving” anything to them.
Our government should do everything in their power to “stop” their interest in world domination.
Our government should “stop” their immigration into America
Our government should make every effort to “route out”terrorist” that are already in America.
Our government should “abhor” being politically correct. Speak the truth.
These are just a few things we need to do to correct the mistakes we are making here in America. There are many more………
maddog20-20 says
“U.S. “sanctions” violations were also part of the call for war on Iraq. Anybody remember that one?
duh swami says
Selfish motivation leads to gross materialism…Gross materialism will feed your face and starve your soul…if you have one…
Les says
Big Government and Big Business are two sides of the same coin but when Iran torches Israel and other countries with nukes that blood is entirely on the hands of our Muslime President Hussein Obama
Manuele says
I SAY THAT THIS GREEDY, CORRUPT AND STUPID OLD FART’S CRIME WILL BE CARRIED BY HIS GRANDCHILDREN AND GREAT GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.
Manuele says
HE IS A GREEDY AND CORRUPT OLD FOOL
Angemon says
The filth needs to be cleaned out.
joseph mcginnis says
It always boils down to “follow the money” every time. There are NO exceptions to this rule any more.
eduardo odraude says
People are driven also by the desire for power, not just money. The two can be converted into one another, but they are not the same.
And there are those who are driven by neither money nor power, but by twisted ideals.
Finally, there are those who are driven by genuine ideals.
There are exceptions, just not enough of them.
politically concerned says
Is there a difference in this diplomat taking money on the side for the Iran deal and Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State taking money for the Clinton Foundation from the Arab nations during her email scandal, Benghazi disaster, Hillary’s involvement in approving the Iran Deal, and Hillary pushing to bring the Syrian Refugees into America in spite of watching what they have done in Europe?
Diane Harvey says
Both Boeing, as a corporate entity, and Pickering, as an individual, are members of the CFR. That in and of itself should tell readers a great deal. Verification of these memberships can be made by going to the CFR’s website where CFR member names are listed.
And on those CFR lists you will find the richest of the rich, the most influential of the influence peddlers. Hillary, and lots of other big name Democrats and Republicans, are steady speakers at CFR events. Many, many high level government positions are drawn from the CFR lists.
CFR fingerprints are found on all the disastrous things happening to this country, and to this world. It’s a lot of work to create the New World Order.
Pat says
Pickering was also part of a Benghazi whitewash of Hillary-4dead in Benghazi along with former Joint Chiefs Chair Admiral Mike Mullen when they did not even interview her for the investigation which said she did nothing wrong. Former diplomats and senior officers still seeking favors from all directions regardless of effect on the nation.
Baucent says
That’s I was wondering where I had seen him before.
Cascadia says
Pickering ia also notorious for being one of the most anti-Israel ambassadors to Israel.
He’s a disgrace.
Florida Jim says
this brought on BRIXIT and will bring Trump to victory. We are all sick of the slime in every politician they have raped blacks for 55 years and destroyed a once-great education system to pay of union thugs, close friends of Obama.Our children have been brainwashed and indoctrinated for 55 years by Democrats and Marxists we must oust them all or we lose America this year.The Clinton’s are as slimy as that foul Chicago politician Barack Husein Obama if the media reported honestly they would all be jailed here are some recent books on the Clintons to enjoy:”The Final Days-The Last, Desperate Abuses of Power by the Clinton White House ” By Barbara Olsen;The First Family Detail-Secret Service Agents Reveal The Hidden Lives of the Presidents” By Ronald Kessler -exposes the foul Clinton’s the world knows. A recent book “Crisis In Character” exposes the foul Hillary as a liar, a creep and and a foul mouthed witch unkind to everyone unless they are giving money to either Bill, Hillary or The Slimy Clinton Foundation, billion dollar trust fund given to the Clinton’s as Hillary left office and Bill raped Haiti of their charity monies.Politico, Media Matters, Huffington Post, NBC, CBS, ABC, PBS,all are hiding the facts about this most dishonest couple in America and voters should be ashamed of themselves to have ever elected “the most dishonest couple in America ” When the Marxist murders begin I pray you awaken.
linnte says
Agreed Jim.
mortimer says
Bribery is normative Islam, rather than an aberration. Mohammed’s last command was to give bribes to foreign VIPs. All Mohammedans believe bribery is sacralized by Mohammed.
BRIBERY BY MOHAMMED
Bukhari #005.059.716 Military Expeditions led by the Prophet (pbuh) (Al-Maghaazi)
Bukhari :: Book 5 :: Volume 59 :: Hadith 716
Narrated Ibn Abbas:
Thursday! And how great that Thursday was! The ailment of Allah’s Apostle became worse (on Thursday) and he said, fetch me something so that I may write to you something after which you will never go astray.” The people (present there) differed in this matter, and it was not right to differ before a prophet. Some said, “What is wrong with him ? (Do you think ) he is delirious (seriously ill)? Ask him ( to understand his state ).” So they went to the Prophet and asked him again. The Prophet said, “Leave me, for my present state is better than what you call me for.” Then he ordered them to do three things. He said, “Turn the pagans out of the ‘Arabian Peninsula; respect and give gifts to the foreign delegations as you have seen me dealing with them.” (Said bin Jubair, the sub-narrator said that Ibn Abbas kept quiet as regards the third order, or he said, “I forgot it.”)
Source materials are from the University of Southern California MSA site
Walter Sieruk says
The hard and harsh reality is that business is business.. As a college textbook on the subject of economics That “Economics is an amoral system.” Therefore this business deal with Boeing is the outcome of the system of economics in which the Boeing company executives lines their with money and some of the other fund for Iran will will into further investment for yet more profits for the “grand”company of Boeing. All the the expense at the suffering oppression of the of the Iranian people who have to exist in the tyrannical Islamic regime which so falsely and inappropriately has the word “Republic” in its title. Furthermore, it should be made known that this called the “Iranian Revolution” turned out to be a hoax. Ayatollah Khomeini before achieving power in Iran in his lying and deceptions presented himself to the Iranian people as if he was someone who would be in power would give freedom to the people of Iran with any tyranny. The reality turned out to be just the opposite. As explained by a former Muslim as well as a man who took part in this Islamic “revolution “ ,who is now a Christian informs the reader of his book that “Prior to the Revolution no one ever imagined that other political parties would be suppressed under the rule of Ayatollah Khomeini. He had promised that all groups would have freedom to run their own campaigns after the Revolution. He even stated that governing system would be based on the decision of the people via a referendum. He never spoke of a system that would be governed by Islam. He even made clear that mullahs would not take part in any political activities, and that they would only be allowed to teach spirituality… Immediately after the Revolution, mullahs rushed into government offices to occupy the most important political l positions, making it difficult for the interim secular government to function … The mullah’s occupation of position was exactly the opposite to what the Ayatollah Khomeini had promised before the Revolution.”. [1] In other words, the insincere, disingenuous and outright lying Ayatollah Khomeini made many bogus promise he really had no intention of keeping. His lying deception worked, for he achieved great power in Iran. Furthermore, of the many heinously evils outcome s of that Islamic “revolution” is the extremely cruel, brutal and demonic misogyny of this hideous Islamic regime. Not only against women but even young girls. As explained by a former Iranian Revolutionary Guard member who defected to the West and how now lives in America his book also informs the reader about the malicious and murderous affront girls in Iran’s Evin prison which reads that those in power ,the “paraded teenage girls in front in front of me as they led them to their deaths. These girls were barely out of their childhood, barely old enough to think of themselves, much less form thoughts against the state. They knew nothing about the machinations of politics. They were innocent in every sense of the word and certainty innocent of trumped –up charges that led to their imprisonment. Yet they suffered fates too brutal for even the most vicious criminal. ..Their few remaining moments of life had been filled with the level of abuse that few can imagine…The author further states “They tortured and killed young girls, in God’s name and before their execution they raped them because they believed that if a girl dies virgin, she will go to heaven, and they wanted to deny them this reward.” [2] This is as malice -filled and viciously wicked as can possibly be. This, very much, reflects the Wisdom found in the Bible which in Proverbs 15:15. For it reads “All the days of the oppressed are wretched. “ and likewise Proverbs 29:2. Which teaches “When the wicked rule, the people groan. “ [N.I.V.]
Don McKellar says
Trump would have smelled this rat a mile away.
colony14 says
Pickering was hand-picked by Hillary Clinton to head the Accountability Review Board to “investigate” the attack in Benghazi on September 11, 2012—a board that held no one accountable and did not even interview Clinton and some key witnesses. According to LibertyNewsOnline.com, Pickering “has been accused of being an ‘apologist for Islamic terrorism who has a cozy relationship with Iran.’ What’s more, [Pickering] …has documented ties with the controversial group, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR). CAIR, of course, is a documented Muslim Brotherhood affiliate and was named unindicted co-conspirators in the Holy Land Foundation trial—the largest terror-funding trial in U.S. history. To make matters worse, Pickering is also co-chairman of the board of George Soros’ International Crisis Group who has ties to other Islamic organizations as well, including the National Iranian American Council (NIAC), which has been described as pro-Iran ‘front group.’”
eduardo odraude says
Shouldn’t somebody go to jail for this? How is it that Pickering can get away with not disclosing his financial interests during the negotiations?
John says
Pickering is a damn crook. That kind of behind the scenes sculduggery out to be punishable by jail time.
UNCLE VLADDI says
Re: “Hope they enjoy their largesse while Iran sets the world on fire.”
THEY WILL SIMPLY BLAME THEIR VICTIMS – IT’S WHAT ALL CRIMINAL HYPOCRITES ALWAYS DO.
Baucent says
I’m sure Hillary will find a role in her administration for this loyal public servant.