https://www.politico.com/news/2020/12/18/progressive-defense-biden-448062Well that was a nice run while it lasted.
Progressives line up their own national security recruits for Biden
Some 100 candidates listed for senior posts have no corporate ties but a history of questioning foreign policy orthodox
...
Dozens of groups contributed, including the Progressive Change Institute; Common Defense; the Revolving Door Project; Friends of the Earth U.S., Progressive Democrats of America; the Project on Government Oversight; EarthRights International, the Center for Economic and Policy Research; the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft; Win Without War; Peace Action; Women's Action for New Directions; National Iranian American Council Action; the American Economic Liberties Project; and the Arab American Institute.....
Trita Parsi, co-founder of the Quincy Institute and a former United Nations official, is being recommended to oversee Middle East affairs on the National Security Council.
Who is Trita Parsi?
https://www.tritaparsi.com/https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/01/06/the-middle-east-is-more-stable-when-the-united-states-stays-away/That aged well
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trita_ParsiLobbying controversy and defamation lawsuit
In 2007, Arizona-based Iranian-American blogger
[12] Hassan Daioleslam began publicly asserting that NIAC was lobbying on behalf of the
Islamic Republic of Iran. In response, Parsi sued him for defamation. As a result of the lawsuit, many internal documents were released, which
The Washington Times national security correspondent
Eli Lake stated "raise questions about whether the organization is using that influence to lobby for policies favorable to Iran in violation of federal law." The documents included e-mail correspondence between Parsi and
Mohammad Javad Zarif, then
Iran's ambassador to the United Nations.
[13] E-mail correspondence of Daioleslam said, "I strongly believe that Trita Parsi is the weakest part of the Iranian web because he is related to
Siamak Namazi and
Bob Ney... I believe that destroying him will be the start of attacking the whole web. This is an integral part of any attack on Clinton or Obama."
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In September 2012, a U.S.
federal judge John D. Bates threw out the libel suit against Daioleslam on the grounds that "NIAC and Parsi had failed to show evidence of actual malice, either that Daioeslam acted with knowledge the allegations he made were false or with reckless disregard about their accuracy." Bates also wrote, "Nothing in this opinion should be construed as a finding that defendant’s articles were true. Defendant did not move for summary judgment on that ground, and it has not been addressed here."
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