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Sunday, May 6, 2018
Obama aid calls Trump team’s hiring of Israeli firm to discredit him on Iran deal ‘thuggish’
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleFormer US president Barack Obama’s deputy national security adviser calls the Trump administration’s hiring of an Israeli intelligence agency to “get dirt” on Obama officials in order to discredit the Iran deal “thuggish.”
“This is not behavior that should be acceptable in a democracy,” Ben Rhodes tweets.
“It is thuggish, mean-spirited, and casts a chilling and threatening cloud over public service that risks extending far beyond me and @ColinKohl,” he adds, referring to the other Obama official who was targeted by the Trump administration.
This is not behavior that should be acceptable in a democracy. It is thuggish, mean-spirited, and casts a chilling and threatening cloud over public service that risks extending far beyond me and @ColinKahl https://t.co/tQY1wOO7Yy
— Ben Rhodes (@brhodes) May 6, 2018
Why would someone feel the need to do this to win a debate about the merits of the Iran Deal? What message does this send to people entering into public service? https://t.co/uI3ORTnlJ6
— Ben Rhodes (@brhodes) May 6, 2018
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