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http://www.politico.com/story/2017/04/24/obama-iran-nuclear-deal-prisoner-release-236966
When President Barack Obama announced the "one-time gesture" of releasing Iranian-born prisoners who "were not charged with terrorism or any violent offenses" last year, his administration presented the move as a modest trade-off for the greater good of the Iran nuclear agreement and Tehran's pledge to free five Americans.
[...] But Obama, the senior official and other administration representatives weren't telling the whole story on Jan. 17, 2016, in their highly choreographed rollout of the prisoner swap and simultaneous implementation of the six-party nuclear deal, according to a POLITICO investigation.
[...] The biggest fish, though, was Seyed Abolfazl Shahab Jamili, who had been charged with being part of a conspiracy that from 2005 to 2012 procured thousands of parts with nuclear applications for Iran via China. That included hundreds of U.S.-made sensors for the uranium enrichment centrifuges in Iran whose progress had prompted the nuclear deal talks in the first place.
When federal prosecutors and agents learned the true extent of the releases, many were shocked and angry. [...] Through action in some cases and inaction in others, the White House derailed its own much-touted National Counterproliferation Initiative at a time when it was making unprecedented headway in thwarting Iran's proliferation networks. In addition, the POLITICO investigation found that Justice and State Department officials denied or delayed requests from prosecutors and agents to lure some key Iranian fugitives to friendly countries so they could be arrested. Similarly, Justice and State, at times in consultation with the White House, slowed down efforts to extradite some suspects already in custody overseas, according to current and former officials and others involved in the counterproliferation effort.
And as far back as the fall of 2014, Obama administration officials began slow-walking some significant investigations and prosecutions of Iranian procurement networks operating in the U.S. These previously undisclosed findings are based on interviews with key participants at all levels of government and an extensive review of court records and other documents. "Clearly, there was an embargo on any Iranian cases," according to the former federal supervisor. "Of course it pissed people off, but it's more significant that these guys were freed, and that people were killed because of the actions of one of them," the supervisor added, in reference to [Amin] Ravan and the IED network.
(Score: 2) by linkdude64 on Wednesday April 26 2017, @09:54PM (3 children)
"The results of peoples actions allow us to know, but we should NOT JUDGE!"
I understand your desire to have sympathy for murderers, but how many Christian truck/gun/knife/IED attacks have you heard of recently? A grand total of zero.
You can stand by while innocents are killed, and believe yourself virtuous for not passing judgement on the murderers. Presuming you are a beliver, your god will sort everyone out in the end - the unprovoked murderers, the defenders of the innocent, and the bystanders who said and did nothing to prevent evil.
(Score: 2) by infodragon on Thursday April 27 2017, @12:23PM (1 child)
I didn't clarify. The following is still very limited as I don't have the time to go into further detail.
Judgement in the context above is passing sentence in spiritual matters. A lot of meaning is lost in translation from Greek to English.
When Christ said "Judge not lest ye be judged" he was referring to a human judging spiritual consequences for another's sin. We are not to judge matters of spiritual consequence.
I have no problem judging the acts of a murder and condemning them to prison or death; if that's my responsibility (it is not, however I will turn them over to the authorities. In imminent threat I have no moral qualms about stopping a murder from their despicable acts by lethal force, if necessary) However, judgement or passing sentence for his actions in regards to his spiritual final destination is out of my hands and I have no place judging that!
For example if I were to tell a person committing (insert "sin" here) that they're going to hell for their sin, I am in the wrong. However if I am telling the person that what they are doing is wrong then I'm in a moral grey zone; context is extremely important. Jesus didn't address the prostitutes adultery, he just said go and sin no more.
Hope that helps and again my apologies for not clarifying that point.
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(Score: 2) by linkdude64 on Thursday April 27 2017, @09:02PM
Point well taken. Thank you for the explanation.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday April 27 2017, @06:31PM
You can definitely kill murderers without getting all 'judgey' about it.