{"id":2255734,"date":"2024-05-30T12:16:05","date_gmt":"2024-05-30T16:16:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cant-make-it-up-bidens-iran-envoy-looks-very-much-like-a-spy\/"},"modified":"2024-05-30T12:18:30","modified_gmt":"2024-05-30T16:18:30","slug":"cant-make-it-up-bidens-iran-envoy-looks-very-much-like-a-spy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cant-make-it-up-bidens-iran-envoy-looks-very-much-like-a-spy\/","title":{"rendered":"Title Revision: Biden&#8217;s Iran Envoy Resembles a Spy"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcant-make-it-up-bidens-iran-envoy-looks-very-much-like-a-spy%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2255734&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>In a \u200drecent commentary \u2063by Samuel Short, Republicans in Congress express concerns about President Biden&#8217;s Special Envoy for Iran, Robert Malley. Evidence suggests he \u2063accessed classified documents and potentially shared\u2064 them outside\u200d the U.S. \u2063government. Senator James Risch of Idaho and Rep. Michael McCaul of Texas raised these issues with Secretary of\u200d State Antony Blinken. Malley&#8217;s security clearance was revoked\u200c in\u200d 2023, leading to an ongoing\u2064 FBI\u2062 investigation. Concerns include possible data transfer to Iranian contacts and implications for\u2063 U.S. security. Further transparency is urged from the Biden administration and FBI regarding Malley&#8217;s\u200d actions and intentions.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<header> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/commentary\/\">  Commentary <\/a>   <span> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/sshort\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <span>   By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/sshort\/%20\"><span>Samuel Short<\/span><\/a> <\/span> <span>   May 30, 2024 at 8:34am <\/span> <\/span>  <\/header>\n<section>\n<p>Republicans in Congress are expressing their concerns over President Joe Biden\u2019s Special Envoy for Iran Robert Malley \u2014 after finding evidence that he downloaded documents, both sensitive and classified, and could have shared that information with contacts outside the United States government.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.semafor.com\/article\/05\/28\/2024\/republicans-probe-if-suspended-iran-envoy-robert-malley-shared-classified-materials-with-political-allies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Semafor <\/a>reported, Republican Sen. James Risch of Idaho and Republican Rep. Michael McCaul of Texas <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/documents\/911ab367-a3cc-48cb-811a-0888f181085b.pdf?itid=lk_inline_manual_4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wrote<\/a> Secretary of State <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/secretary-state-antony-blinken-mocked-performing-bizarre-musical-act-ukrainian-bar\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Antony Blinken<\/a> on May 6 regarding findings from their inquiry into Malley.<\/p>\n<p>Malley was leading diplomacy efforts with Tehran when his security clearance was revoked by the State Department\u2019s Bureau of Diplomatic Security in April 2023. Malley was placed on unpaid leave in June 2023, and the FBI started an investigation that\u2019s still ongoing.<\/p>\n<p>Semafor also reported, based on unnamed sources briefed on a congressional investigation into Malley, that the disgraced official transferred both sensitive and unclassified, as well as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/special-counsel-hur-devastates-biden-house-testimony-president-willfully-retained-classified-materials\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">classified documents<\/a>, to his personal devices \u2014 some of which involve his encounters with Iranian officials.<\/p>\n<p>Among the questions raised by Risch and McCaul to Blinken were ones about these documents. \u201cDid Malley send or attempt to send these documents to anyone who lacked the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-admin-officials-blame-national-archives-for-classified-docs-scandal\/\" title=\"Biden Admin Officials Blame National Archives for Classified Docs Scandal\">proper security clearance<\/a>?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>They also asked, \u201cWere any of these individuals affiliated with the Iranian government or the Iran Experts Initiative (IEI)?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The IEI is a collective of experts on the Middle East based out of the United States and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/europe-just-approved-worst-communist-law-ever-affects\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Europe<\/a>. Semafor investigated the group in 2023 and found Iran used it to the benefit of many of its policy issues. Members of the IEI worked with Malley before and when he was special envoy to Iran.<\/p>\n<p>Risch and McCaul expressed concerns to Blinken that Malley may have been hacked by the Iranians, a suspicion they had after information in his possession went public in Iran in early 2023. The Republicans believe that if Malley shared information on his devices with IEI, that could explain how it fell into the hands of the Iranian media.<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\">\n<p>Was Robert Malley giving away U.S. secrets?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/2024-election-fbi-fudging-violent-crime-data-help-biden-need-know\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The FBI<\/a> and State Department aren\u2019t disclosing the details of their efforts.<\/p>\n<p>While there can only be speculation regarding Malley as the investigation is still underway, the information above doesn\u2019t bode well for him.<\/p>\n<p>There are certainly gaps in the story here: Why did Malley use personal devices for that information and how did it come to be in the possession of the Iranians?<\/p>\n<p>Did Malley act against American interests and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/how-the-cdc-bungled-covid-19\/\" title=\"How the CDC Bungled COVID-19\">willingly share information<\/a> with Iran? If not, did he share information with the IEI, which subsequently passed it along to Iran?<\/p>\n<p>Another explanation may be that the information was mishandled by Malley and taken by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/biden-administration-quietly-trying-persuade-european-nuclear-officials-let-iran-off-hook-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Iran<\/a> without his consent via hacking his devices.<\/p>\n<p>To look at the broader context of the issue for the Biden administration, whatever the origins of it, Biden\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pompeo-we-have-truly-upended-the-status-quo\/\" title=\"Pompeo: We have truly upended the status quo\">foreign policy record<\/a> does not need any further negative press.<\/p>\n<p>Aside from an ongoing conflict in Europe between Ukraine and Russia where Americans are largely footing the bill of the former, the United States\u2019 relationship with the Middle East remains tense in the wake of Hamas\u2019 Oct. 7 terrorist attack on Israel. In April, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/04\/14\/middleeast\/why-iran-attack-israel-intl\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Iran chose to attack Israel<\/a> in support of Hamas\u2019 efforts.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/whistleblowers-expose-john-kerry-claim-allowed-terrorists-us-soil-protect-iran-deal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">whistleblowers recently outed former Secretary of State John Kerry<\/a> who served under President Barack Obama for his efforts to impede the FBI and Department of Justice arresting Iranian terrorists as he was trying to negotiate his Iran Nuclear Deal in 2015 and after its completion in 2016.<\/p>\n<p>While the evidence so far cannot allow anyone to label Malley a spy for Iran, the Biden administration and FBI must be transparent with their findings about his intentions.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div>\n<p><b><i>An Important Message from Our Staff:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span>In just a few months, the world is going to change forever. 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He holds a BA in History from Middle Tennessee State University and an MA in History from University College London. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a commentary on May 30, 2024, at 8:34 am, Samuel Short reports that Congressional Republicans voice apprehensions about President Biden\u2019s Iran Envoy, Robert Malley. They discovered he accessed and potentially shared sensitive, classified documents with non-government contacts. 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