Tag Archives: Stuart Levey

Bin Laden docs show that alleged Iran-Al Qaeda alliance is neocon hype

‘Al Qaeda has a substantial network inside Iran’ is a common assertion heard in neoconservative circles. New documents show why that assertion is wrong.

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Wait, why is a Republican in Treasury making a policy pledge to a foreign country on behalf of Obama 11 days after the 2008 election?

My chief response to the Wikileaks dox is surprise at the transparency of the Israel lobby in action. The most shocking revelation here is that 11 days after the election in 2008, Under Secretary of the Treasury Stuart Levey rushed … Continue reading

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A certain type of namedropping

Dennis Ross, telling an AIPAC gathering about the Obama administration’s foreign policy achievements, in Florida, a week before the midterm elections: As my colleague Stuart Levey from the Treasury Department circles the globe explaining sanctions measures to governments and companies, … Continue reading

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