This could be one of the largest scandals of our time.  Meanwhile, back in Washington…it’s all about Trump and Russia, Russia, Russia.

The Obama administration has been accused of sabotaging an operation to stop Hezbollah smuggling drugs into the US so that the nuclear deal with Iran could proceed.

In a stunning exposé by Politico, the former US President’s officials are said to have opened the door for trafficking and money laundering operations by the terror group founded by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard.

The nuclear deal agreed to scrap crippling economic sanctions on Iran in return for a promise from to Tehran to stop nuclear development.

By putting themselves between the DEA and Hezbollah, the Obama administration helped the militant group grow into a global security threat that is suspected of designing IEDs used to kill American troops, the report said.

 

Donald Trump’s White House slapped at his predecessor Sunday night, with press secretary Sarah Sanders tweeting that the story shows a contrast of ‘President Trump’s success against ISIS vs. President Obama’s appeasement of terrorists.’

And a Republican House leadership aide told DailyMail.com on Monday that the Obama White House ‘was the worst of the worst when it came to fighting terrorism in the ways that mattered most.’

The Drug Enforcement Administration led a complex venture called Project Cassandra to tackle the criminality of the Lebanese militant group from 2008 on.

But it is claimed Obama’s people threw down a number of roadblocks, effectively paving the way for Hezbollah’s illegal activities including cocaine smuggling into the US which agents believe raked in $1 billion for the terror group.

DEA agents claim the Obama administration stopped them arresting key figures linked to Hezbollah as an agreement on the Iran nuclear deal approached – and scrapped Project Cassandra entirely once the terms were agreed in 2015.

 

Hezbollah’s $1 billion-a-year international criminal operation. 

International drug smuggling operation founded by the mastermind of the bombing of Beirut bombing that killed 241 US Marines in 1983.

The organization is now expected to be working with the Zetas cartel to smuggle tonnes of cocaine into the United States
One of the world’s top cocaine traffickers called ‘The Ghost’ is a Hezbollah operative.

Same man accused of selling chemical weapons to Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad.

Hezbollah launders its drugs profits by allegedly shipping used cars from America to Africa and selling them.

Money laundering also takes place through South America, the Middle East, and the US.

Lebanese arms dealer Ali Fayad is a suspected top Hezbollah operative, according to Politico, and is believed to report to Vladimir Putin.

Fayad is accused of plotting the murder of American government workers.

Venezuela’s vice president Tareck El Aissami is believed to be deeply involved in cocaine trafficking and is an ally of Hezbollah.

Hezbollah is believed to be providing weapons and training to anti-American Shiite militias.

An alleged Hezbollah drugs kingpin is based in Colombia and is accused of working with the Zetas cartel to smuggle cocaine into the US.

Proceeds from the operations were allegedly used to design new IEDs that killed US troops in Iraq

The nuclear deal agreed to scrap crippling economic sanctions on Iran in return for a promise from to Tehran to stop nuclear development.

By putting themselves between the DEA and Hezbollah, the Obama administration helped the militant group grow into a global security threat that is suspected of designing IEDs used to kill American troops, the report said.

David Asher, who helped establish Project Cassandra, told Politico: ‘This was a policy decision, it was a systematic decision.
‘They serially ripped apart this entire effort that was very well supported and resourced, and it was done from the top down.’

He added that the closer Obama came to finalizing the Iran nuclear deal, the more difficult the DEA’s job became.

The weapons agreement was announced in January 2016, which coincided with Project Cassandra officials being moved on to other assignments. –Daily Mail