by Jeff Dunetz at lidblog.com
Why Malley should have never gotten the job.
Robert Malley Biden’s appointed Iran negotiator has been accused of mishandling classified information. Somehow it’s not surprising. Malley should have never gotten the job.
Rob Malley, the US special envoy on Iran, has been placed on leave without pay, which occurred after his security clearance was suspended earlier this year amid an investigation into his handling of classified material, multiple sources told CNN.
A US official said that Malley’s clearance was suspended amid a State Department diplomatic security investigation into the possible mishandling of classified information. Another source familiar with the matter said he was placed on unpaid leave on Thursday afternoon,
By giving Malley the position, Biden made a big mistake. Iran is the largest state sponsor of terrorism, and Malley was a supporter of terrorism his entire life Robert Malley made a career of opposing Israel, supporting terrorists, and capitulating to Iran. His dad was a friend of Yassir Arafat.
Malley shared his pro-Hamas, anti-Israel views as part of the Clinton and Obama administrations.
When Malley’s name first surfaced in news reports as a leading candidate for the post, he drew criticism from some Republican lawmakers and pro-Israel groups that expressed concern that he would be soft on Iran and tough on Israel. But a number of foreign policy veterans rushed to his defense, praising him as a respected, even-handed diplomat.
One of those supposed veterans Reuters interviewed was Aaron David Miller, who praised Malley to Jewish Insider. Miller’s pedigree includes being part of former Secretary of State James Baker’s Jewish pro-terrorist team. He hired them to give him cover for his anti-Semetic statements. Baker was famous for saying, “F*ck the Jews, they didn’t vote for us.” Miller was a supporter and colleague of Malley’s and had many of the same opinions; he wouldn’t turn on him when talking to Reuters.
I do not believe the father’s sins are visited upon the son, but this son has chosen to follow in his dad’s footsteps.
Malley grew up in France, where his Egyptian-born father, Simon Malley, and New York-raised mother, Barbara (Silverstein) Malley, were radical publishers of a controversial magazine about Africa and the so-called Third World. Malley’s parents counted terrorist Yasir Arafat as a personal friend.
Indeed, Arafat was among those “leaders” (for want of a better word) who had intervened with the French government to readmit the Malley family to France after being expelled for their radical activities.