Written By: Justin K.P.
The former Israeli intelligence official turned whistleblower, Ari Ben-Menashe made some explosive claims to journalist Afshin Rattansi in the latest episode of his Going Underground TV Show, alleging that then president Bill Clinton made a deal with then Iranian president Mohammad Khatami, but then Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak, a known close associate of Jeffery Epstein, used blackmail about Clinton’s know connection with Jeffery Epstein and his trafficking operation of underage girls, to end the deal.
Ben-Menashe alleges that in 2000 Bill Clinton “met President Khatami in Mirabel Airport north of Montreal and they worked out the deal between them”.
Ben-Menashe noted that “on March 17, 2000, Madeleine Albright made a speech at the American Iranian Council apologizing to the Iranian people for America overthrowing an elected government in 1952 in Iran and bringing the Shah back”
Indeed, on March 17, then Secretary of State Madeleine Albright made a speech apologizing for the overthrow of Iran’s popular elected president Mohammed Massadegh in 1953, saying:
In 1953 the United States played a significant role in orchestrating the overthrow of Iran’s popular Prime Minister, Mohammed Massadegh. The Eisenhower Administration believed its actions were justified for strategic reasons; but the coup was clearly a setback for Iran’s political development. And it is easy to see now why many Iranians continue to resent this intervention by America in their internal affairs.
Moreover, during the next quarter century, the United States and the West gave sustained backing to the Shah’s regime. Although it did much to develop the country economically, the Shah’s government also brutally repressed political dissent.
As President Clinton has said, the United States must bear its fair share of responsibility for the problems that have arisen in U.S.-Iranian relations. Even in more recent years, aspects of U.S. policy towards Iraq, during its conflict with Iran appear now to have been regrettably shortsighted, especially in light our subsequent experiences with Saddam Hussein.
This certainly suggested that the Clinton administration was trying to reset the U.S. and Iranian relationship, acknowledging Iran’s long list of legitimate grievances against the United States.
But according to Ari Ben-Menashe, the deal never went through because Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak “sabotaged” the deal using Epstein blackmail.
Ben-Menashe said, “But Ehud Barak and company sabotaged that deal by using Epstein and company against Mr. Clinton”.
Because Clinton had already gone through the Monica Lewinsky scandal, this was enough for him to abandon diplomacy, according to Ben-Menashe.
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Remember when there couldn't be gay people in the military or in government because they were at risk for being blackmailed, and therefore a national security risk? Maybe there shouldn't be philanderers in government for the same reason.
I'll be blunt. I call bullshit.
Raise your hand if you had actually heard of Jeffrey Epstein in 2000, first. Friendly reminder: The first Epstein investigation started in ... checks Wikipedia ...
2005. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffrey_Epstein
That's what I thought.
Yes, Epstein was sucking up to Wexler and other things pre-2000, but I hadn't heard of him then. I hadn't really heard of him in 2004, even. I'll admit that, while noting I was voting third-party for president already in 2000. I didn't read everything, but I was not a naif.
Second, raise your hand if you know Ehud Barak has a history of shit-stirring.
Yep, that's my hand being raised.
Related? Barak says he first met Epstein in ... checks Wikipedia ...
2003. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ehud_Barak
Ben-Menasche? Per Craig Unger, and others, he CAN tell the truth. DOES he always do so? Hell, no; he's an even bigger shit-stirrer than Barak. There's probably some ultimate angle he's playing behind his claims. What it might be, I don't know, but given he was born in Tehran, he's probably looking for a cut of grift on the Iranian funding mentioned in the MOU.
https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/the-unbelievable-life-of-ari-ben-menashe