If Kerry had been an official during the Trump administration, he would be out of office and facing prison by now for revealing classified information. But the political elites who hold power now will cover for him for as long as it takes.
“Zarif Had No Knowledge of Israeli Strikes Until Kerry Told Him, Translation Reveals,” by Adam Kredo, Washington Free Beacon, April 29, 2021:
Leaked audiotape of Iranian foreign minister Javad Zarif indicates he had no knowledge of covert Israeli military strikes before former secretary of state John Kerry provided him with the information, new details that contradict the State Department’s recent defense of Kerry.
These details are likely to further fuel calls from leading Republicans for Kerry’s firing or resignation. The New York Times reported that Zarif said on the tape that Kerry told him Israel launched 200 airstrikes against Iranian interests in Syria. The Times did not provide further details on that issue. But an independent translation of the audiotape commissioned by the Washington Free Beacon shows that Zarif went on to clarify that he had no prior knowledge of these Israeli strikes before Kerry told him.
“Kerry told me that Israel had launched 200 airstrikes against you [Iran],” said Zarif. “You didn’t know?” asked his interviewer. “No, no,” he replied.
These new details contradict top State Department officials, who have repeatedly said the information was already in the public domain and not classified.
“If you go back and look at press reporting from the time, this certainly was not secret, and governments that were involved were speaking to this publicly on the record,” State Department spokesman Ned Price said on Monday during a press briefing.
The following day, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the strikes “were all reported in the press at the time, so it is utter nonsense.” He also accused Republicans of trying to “play politics with this.”
Kerry denied the allegations in a Twitter post earlier in the week….
Richard Steinberg says
If ever there was a justification to enforce the Logan Act, this is it.
Infidel says
Yeah, I think we should stop treating it as a relic and treat its violation as seriously as Michael Flynn was treated. Notwithstanding the fact that Flynn was preparing the foreign policy of the incoming administration
gravenimage says
Iran’s foreign minister says he had no knowledge of Israeli airstrikes until John Kerry told him
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Betraying a staunch ally in favor of a vicious enemy if true.
Wellington says
Kerry has so much wrong written all over him. He flies around in his private jet lecturing others on man-made climate change (for which no solid scientific evidence exists, all we have are computer model projections and correlation studies, neither of which constitutes scientific evidence and each of which has a notorious track record for accuracy—and let’s not forget that in the 1970’s one of the biggest environmental scares then was global cooling).
He certainly played the gigolo quite well, marrying not one but two wealthy women, first Julia Thorne and then Teresa Heinz. He was a miserable Secretary of State and, among other errors, brokered the putrid Iran nuclear deal during the Obama Administration. After serving in the Vietnam War he trashed American veterans with a very broad brush that is detested by many Veterans to this day (and nothing the Swift Boat veterans said about him was ever proven untrue). He regularly tried to undermine Trump’s foreign policy. And he is an insufferable snob.
Now this. Don’t know if true but would not surprise me if so. This is a man never to be trusted or respected.
Joel says
We must look back to Kerry`s days at Yale, when he became a member of “Skull and Bones”, which propelled him into the halls of power throughout his life. He is an excellent example of the Peter Principle at work, via his status as a “Bonesman”.
kepha says
John Kerry, that old hatchet face–
His treasons continue apace.
First with Viet Cong,
Then with Iran; so wrong!
Someone put that ssch–ck in his place!
Rarely says
How does one miss knowing about 200 air strikes? Maybe he was watching “All in the Family” reruns and ordered not to be disturbed. Pretty far-fetched.
Although I have no love for Kerry this seems a touch far-fetched.
Nevertheless lets wait and see how it plays out.
James Lincoln says
John Kerry has just backed himself into a corner – big time.
One of these two tubestakes *has* to be lying:
1. Iran’s foreign minister
2. John Kerry.
If John Kerry is lying, he has definitely committed TREASON.
If John Kerry states that Iran’s foreign minister is lying, he is saying that Iran is led by liars who cannot be trusted.
All the while, Sleepy Joe is looking to restart the Iran nuclear “deal”.
Am I missing something???
Walter Sieruk says
John Kerry, the despicable and traitorous politician, aiding the vicious enemy of both the United States as well as the State of Israel.
Kerry is an outright villain
Walter Sieruk says
John Kerry for willingly and knowingly supplying the Anti-American and anti-Jewish vicious and hostile Islamic regime of Iran with secret classified information is therefore very un-American in action and in spirit.
As the former US President, so wisely , declared in a speech “Antisemitism is a noxious weed that should be cut out. It has no place in America.”
Likewise there should not no place for Kerry in any political or government office in the USA. he should be impeached removed from office and then charged with treason.
Walter Sieruk says
That awful man ,John Kerry, by giving that aggressive belligerent Anti -American Islamic regime of Iran information that it shouldn’t have obtained. Therefore it’s very obvious that Kerry is very un-American for that despicable and treasonous action.
Such terrible behavior is a very strong reminder of truth spoken in a speech by The former American President , Theodore Roosevelt , who declared “There can be no fifty -fifty Americanism in this country. There is room here for only one hundred percent Americanism , only for those who are Americans and nothing else.”
OLD GUY says
Kerry what a fool and TRAITOR. What really bothers me is that if a private or sergeant in our military give information to the enemy he or she will be prosecuted fairly fast and sent to prison. But if you are a rich clown like Kerry you make the news cycle and nothing ever happens to you. There definitely is two different sets of laws and rules for the average person and the elite.