The money could have been wired to a 3rd party, even with the financial restrictions between our countries. This is strange.
http://dailycaller.com/2016/09/21/o...-why-it-paid-iran-ransom-in-untraceable-cash/
A non-profit oversight group has called on the Department of the Treasury to explain why it sent what is being referred to as a $1.7 billion ransom to Iran in untraceable cash earlier this year.
The Washington-based Cause of Action Institute (CoA) filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request Wednesday with the Treasury Department demanding the release of documents that will help demystify the covert nature of the so-called ransom. Specifically, the CoA hopes to discover why the Obama administration chose to send untraceable cash to the world’s premier state sponsor of terrorism when alternative means were available.
“This discrepancy raises questions about the nature of the payments and why — if they were made pursuant to a settlement agreement and therefore could have been wired — the Obama Administration agreed to pay the Iranians in untraceable cash,” wrote CoA counsel Jessica Conrad in a letter included with the FOIA request which was provided to the Daily Caller News Foundation.
http://dailycaller.com/2016/09/21/o...-why-it-paid-iran-ransom-in-untraceable-cash/
A non-profit oversight group has called on the Department of the Treasury to explain why it sent what is being referred to as a $1.7 billion ransom to Iran in untraceable cash earlier this year.
The Washington-based Cause of Action Institute (CoA) filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request Wednesday with the Treasury Department demanding the release of documents that will help demystify the covert nature of the so-called ransom. Specifically, the CoA hopes to discover why the Obama administration chose to send untraceable cash to the world’s premier state sponsor of terrorism when alternative means were available.
“This discrepancy raises questions about the nature of the payments and why — if they were made pursuant to a settlement agreement and therefore could have been wired — the Obama Administration agreed to pay the Iranians in untraceable cash,” wrote CoA counsel Jessica Conrad in a letter included with the FOIA request which was provided to the Daily Caller News Foundation.
