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Israel intel firm denies it was hired by Trump aides to discredit Obama officials
Source: The Guardian
Israel intel firm denies it was hired by Trump aides to discredit Obama officials
Black Cube, a company made up of former Israeli spies, says it had ‘nothing to do’ with ‘dirty ops’ campaign
Oliver Holmes in Jerusalem
Mon 7 May 2018 16.55 BST
Israeli private intelligence firm Black Cube has denied it was hired by Donald Trump’s aides to dig up damaging information on former officials close to Barack Obama who worked on the Iran nuclear deal.
The denial follows allegations, first reported by Observer, that people close to Trump had contacted private investigators a year ago to carry out a “dirty ops” campaign against key Obama administration figures who helped negotiate the Iran agreement.
“Referencing Black Cube has become an international sport during 2018,” the company said in a statement on Monday. “Black Cube has no relation whatsoever to the Trump administration, to Trump aides, to anyone close to the administration, or to the Iran nuclear deal.”
Ben Rhodes, one of Obama’s top national security advisers, and Colin Kahl, deputy assistant to Obama, were the targets in the attempt to discredit the deal, the Observer reported. Trump has long denounced what he calls “the worst deal ever” and threatened to scrap the 2015 agreement by a 12 May deadline.
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Black Cube, a company made up of former Israeli spies, says it had ‘nothing to do’ with ‘dirty ops’ campaign
Oliver Holmes in Jerusalem
Mon 7 May 2018 16.55 BST
Israeli private intelligence firm Black Cube has denied it was hired by Donald Trump’s aides to dig up damaging information on former officials close to Barack Obama who worked on the Iran nuclear deal.
The denial follows allegations, first reported by Observer, that people close to Trump had contacted private investigators a year ago to carry out a “dirty ops” campaign against key Obama administration figures who helped negotiate the Iran agreement.
“Referencing Black Cube has become an international sport during 2018,” the company said in a statement on Monday. “Black Cube has no relation whatsoever to the Trump administration, to Trump aides, to anyone close to the administration, or to the Iran nuclear deal.”
Ben Rhodes, one of Obama’s top national security advisers, and Colin Kahl, deputy assistant to Obama, were the targets in the attempt to discredit the deal, the Observer reported. Trump has long denounced what he calls “the worst deal ever” and threatened to scrap the 2015 agreement by a 12 May deadline.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/may/07/israel-intel-firm-black-cube-trump-obama-iran-nuclear-deal
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that trump hired to go to Hawaii to investigate Obama birth records. I had heard they found very shocking things.
