Obama has a great explanation for sending $400 million in foreign money from foreign banks to Iran in an unmarked cargo plane.
President Barack Obama on Thursday dismissed suggestions a $400 million payment to Iran amounted to a ransom paid in return for the release of American hostages.
Confirming the US offered the payment in cash, Obama nevertheless downplayed the delivery's significance, saying it was not a "nefarious" deal.
Sure. That's why it was a secret. Oh wait, it wasn't a secret.
"We announced these payments in January. Many months ago. They were not a secret," Obama said during a news conference at the Pentagon. "It wasn't a secret. We were completely open with everybody about it."
It was absolutely not a secret.
That's why it was done using money from foreign banks delivered in an unmarked cargo plane. And it's why the details were kept secret. Because it wasn't a secret.
“But the plans were on display…”
“On display? I eventually had to go down to the cellar to find them.”
“That’s the display department.”
“With a flashlight.”
“Ah, well, the lights had probably gone.”
“So had the stairs.”
“But look, you found the notice, didn’t you?”
“Yes,” said Arthur, “yes I did. It was on display in the bottom of a locked filing cabinet stuck in a disused lavatory with a sign on the door saying ‘Beware of the Leopard.”
― Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy