THE WASHINGTON TIMES It’s past time for Clinton to remove terrorist designation from resistance. The U.S. Court of Appeals decision on June 1 ordering Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton to act on the petition for removal of a prominent Iranian dissident group’s designation as a terrorist organization is the first step toward unleashing the…
Author: Ivan Sascha Sheehan
Is the Obama State Department Above the Rule of Law
THE HUFFINGTON POST One of the chief contentions by those supporting President Obama’s candidacy for president in 2008 was that his administration would change, change, change. In particular, the promise was made repeatedly that the rule of law would be followed, and followed strictly. Above all, human rights were to be safeguarded zealously. How steep…
State Dept. Remains Two-Faced on MEK Terrorist Designation
TOWN HALL When there’s no good answer, people sometimes – actually often – try to obfuscate with false information. That surely was the case at the recent U.S. Court of Appeals hearing involving the terrorist designation of the People’s Mujahedin of Iran (PMOI/MEK). I was present during the hearing and was stunned with how the…
Lawmakers probe State Department over Iranian dissidents
THE WASHINGTON TIMES Lawmakers have pressed a top State Department official on whether the Obama administration believes that a group of Iranian dissidents in an Iraqi camp has given up their weapons. Daniel Fried, special adviser to Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Camp Ashraf, where the dissidents are based, said the Defense Department…
House Committee on Foreign Affairs Hearing: Status of the Processing of the Camp Ashraf Residents
Oversight and Investigations Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA) Status of the Processing of the Camp Ashraf Residents Date: Wednesday, May 16, 2012 Time: 2:30 PM Location: Room 2200 of the Rayburn House Office Building Witnesses: The Honorable Daniel Fried Special Advisor on Ashraf U.S. Department of State