Whatever trouble Robert Malley is in, and for whatever reason…
…it does not signal any disruption or fundamental break in the devotion of the Biden administration to the policies of the Obama administration in dealing with Iran.
Although we don’t seem to really know exactly what may be going on, you can read something about it here:
News of the suspension of Malley, the head of the U.S. negotiating team for a “new” nuclear deal with Iran, was first published on June 29th on the Iran International website, which noted that Malley had not been participating in meetings and discussions regarding Iran for some time. This forced State Department Spokesman Matthew Miller to confirm the report, without saying when and why exactly Malley had been removed from office.
Official announcements stated that the suspension followed orders from the State Department’s security department, which claimed that Malley had allegedly done something to compromise the rules of confidentiality, indicating that he passed classified information – whether in the form of documents or verbally – to someone who was not authorized to know it.
During Obama’s tenure:
[Malley] acted as a Middle East adviser to President Barack Obama, and urged the administration to support the Muslim Brotherhood, who won Egypt’s post-Arab Spring election, and met with representatives from Hamas – after which, he was fired. Later on, Obama appointed him as special envoy for Iran, and two years ago, President Joe Biden appointed him special envoy as well, and put him in charge of negotiations on a new nuclear deal.
What a guy.
Now the Republicans in Congress want answers:
The Republican representative’s [Michael McCaul] letter [to Blinken] presented an ultimatum: Blinken must announce preparations no later than Monday evening for a classified briefing of the Committee [on the subject] to be held on or before July 26th; if it fails to do so, “I am prepared to request testimony on this matter in a classified hearing and to compel the appearance of requested witnesses should they refuse to appear voluntarily.”
I have written at length about Malley in this previous post. I suggest you read the whole thing; it’s not all that long, but you may be shocked if you don’t already know much about Malley.
Given his history and viewpoints it certainly makes you wonder what possible information Malley could have shared and with whom. Knowing how careless this administration has proven themselves to be I imagine whatever Malley did it’d have to be pretty damn bad for them to actually suspend him.
Administrations that will employ such a person give the impression that they’re not on America’s side.
your suspicions are correct kate, neither was his friend khashoggi,
Things in the Persian Gulf continue to deteriorate. Last week two more tankers were attacked in apparent hijacking attempts. Since then A-10s and F-16s have been moved into the theater and are being used to escort shipping through the Straits of Hormuz.
Typical govt. deep-state behaviour; that is, no matter how often or how bad someone F’s up, depending upon who you know determines which new role you get.
No one gets fired; one gets a vacation – and then gets re-assigned to some other job where one has the chance to F – up all over again.
Recall Ohama’s advisor Susan Rice; she went on all the network, lying thru her teeth and promoting the big lie about he causes of the Libyan Embassy attack which killed several Americans. She KNEW her tale of some video was a lie.
So where did she wind up? Yep, as an advisor to Biden.
And the taxpayer – you and me – is paying this POS’s salary and benefits.
True, when it comes to lying and deceit she is a rank amateur compared to Hillary and Pencil Neck Adam Schitty.
The State Dept budget should literally be cut by 80%; this federal agency is worse than useless – it is harmful.
The dog that didn’t bark Malley story lurks sub rosa somewhere within the following conventional press stories, I reckon. On speculation, I’d guess the Israelis caught Malley irrefutably handing the highest Israeli if not US state secrets to the Mullahs and thereafter confronted the Biden admin with it, threatening exposure if Malley wasn’t yanked out — but again, that’s just a guess.
https://m.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-750398 [“Biden, Netanyahu to meet in US after first phone call in months”]
and
https://m.jpost.com/israel-news/article-750386 [“Herzog visit carries pointed message from Biden to Netanyahu, Israel – analysis”]
Maybe he got fired for coming to his senses… Though I doubt it.
“Now the Republicans in Congress want answers:”
WE WANT ANSWERS!
then what? No allowance for a month? Sent to room with no dessert? Million dollar book deal?CNN panelist?
Fullmoon:
Do you actually believe they have the power to do more?
I don’t see it.
we gave up our leverage in the last standoff over the debt ceiling, the state department is at best totally useless under the current adminstration, at worst if actively kow tows to xi and the sepah and every other negative faction,
@neo:Do you actually believe they have the power to do more?
They did with the debt ceiling, $200 billion per week’s worth of leverage, which they gave up for nothing. The debt limit is in effect a House veto on all additional spending, which McCarthy recruited lots and lots of Democrats to renounce.
Not just the House either. McConnell nuked the Republican filibuster on the debt ceiling in 2021, again with the help of Democrats.
It’s not enough to have people who have “R” as their party label, they actually have to be people willing to use the power they have to do the right thing, or we’re just going to continue to get rolled. I don’t know, maybe after another 50 years of it we can catch on.
Frederick:
I’m well aware of that. But that’s obviously not what I’m asking here. I’m asking about what Fullmoon wrote on the specific subject of Malley.
how can this not be enemy action,
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2023/07/17/us-defence-emails-with-mil-suffix-going-to-mali/
You say “to Mali”, I say “to Malley”.
Let’s call the whole thing off…
This idea of Malley being put out to pasture is nothing other than a red herring, camouflage, a coverup—probably to distract us from any upcoming Iran “Deal” (or Iran “Non-Deal”—there can’t be any REAL difference between the two…since Iran has been given the TIME and the MONEY, by you know who, to do essentially what it wants…with Putin riding shotgun and providing “Biden” with an “invisibility cloak”).
Malley has done his work—haven been given the time and the authority to do it—and he’s done it exceeding well.
IOW, Malley is “Biden”, i.e., one of “his” many destructive persona, facets, AGENTS.
@ Barry > “You say “to Mali”, I say “to Malley”.”
Curiously, Mali made it to the news, in connection with national security.
Or insecurity, as seems more common these days.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2023/07/17/us-defence-emails-with-mil-suffix-going-to-mali/
Malley Mali Milley, lets call the whole thing off
Robert Malley is an “elite” Jew, marinated since birth in the Marxist class struggle.
As such, he was the perfect diplomatic instrument for Obama, who used him to cozy up to the Mullahs and fashion the 2015 Iran nuclear “deal.”
Brought back by Biden and surrounded by Iranian colleagues, it appears that someone has finally taken notice of Malley’s methods.
The term “treason” has been used, hesitantly – but everything about Malley suggests just that.
Which begs the question – how deep does the rot go?
That is the same question, incidentally, that is being asked about the entire Biden enterprise.
Michael Garfinkel:
Why do you care whether Malley is Jewish? Why not instead write: “Robert Malley is an ‘elite’ leftist, marinated since birth in the Marxist class struggle.”
Malley was raised by activist leftists, especially his father. I doubt very much he had much if any exposure to Judaism, the religion. Why harp on his Jewishness, then? Here’s more about Malley’s father, part of a speech delivered by Robert Malley himself in 2008. The author of the intro to the speech seems to be a Robert Malley fan, by the way:
So if Malley got any Jewish education, it was an education in hating Israel. His father clearly identified strongly with Israel’s enemies, and as an Arab. Robert Malley apparently was indeed Jewish by birth, but the atmosphere in which he was raised had virtually nothing Jewish about it. The entire talk of Robert Malley’s is very interesting; I suggest reading it. As awful as he has been in connection with the negotiations with Iran in the years after that speech, he seems practically an American patriot compared to his father.
he is foremost an islamist, his influence is largely do his schoolmate blinken,
btw victoria nuland is moving up to replace wendy sherman,