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Top Cheney Aide in Muellers Sights as Probe Expands
Muellers investigators have examined an array of operatives with ties to Saudi Arabia, Israel, and the UAEincluding John Hannah, Dick Cheneys former national security adviser.
Erin Banco,
Betsy Woodruff
11.16.18 4:42 AM ET
Dick Cheneys former top national security aide has come under scrutiny from special counsel Robert Mueller, two people with knowledge of the probe tell The Daily Beast. Its the latest sign that Muellers probe has expanded beyond the narrow bounds of Russian interference in American politics.
Muellers team has been looking into the communications and political dealings of John Hannah, the former Cheney adviser who later worked on Trumps State Department transition team. This includes interactions with Lebanese-American businessman and fixer George Nader, who brokered meetings between foreign dignitaries and team Trump, and Joel Zamel, a self-proclaimed social media guru with deep ties to Israeli intelligence. The Daily Beast previously reported that the three men met with a top Saudi general in the days leading up to Trumps inauguration to discuss plans to undermine and overthrow the government of Iran.
Hannah, who has not been accused of any wrongdoing, is close with Nader and Zamel, both of whom the special counsel has questioned, according to two people with knowledge of those relationships. Hannah is listed on the website of one of Zamels firms, Wikistrat, as a member of its advisory council. Nader worked with Hannah on Iraq policy during the George W. Bush administration, according to four people who worked with the two or who knew of their interactions during the war. Hannah is now a senior counselor for the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, a pro-Israel think tank known for its criticism of the Iranian regime.
Hannah and his attorney did not respond to requests for comment for this story. The Special Counsels Office declined to comment. A representative for Nader declined to comment. And a lawyer for Zamel did not respond to requests for comment.
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Top Cheney Aide in Mueller's Sights as Probe Expands (Original Post)
babylonsister
Nov 2018
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Farmer-Rick
(10,072 posts)1. You ever wonder if the RepubliCONS from Watergate to
to the Iran-Contra affair to the illegal war in Iraq had been held accountable, we wouldn't have Trump now.