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>> Shannon: THE STATE
DEPARTMENT IS IN CONSULTATION
WITH SOUTH KOREA TONIGHT OVER
THE IMPENDING RELEASE BACK TO
IRAN OF A BILLION DOLLARS IN
ASSETS THAT WERE FROZEN BY TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION SANCTIONS.
LET’S TALK ABOUT WHY THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION IS WORKING TO GET
AROUND THAT MONEY WITH THE
AUTHOR OF THE NEW BOOK
"OPERATION DRAGON: INSIDE THE
KREMLIN’S FAVORITE ROLE IN
AMERICA," JAMES WILL BE.
AND FASTER, GOOD TO HAVE YOU
WITH US TONIGHT.
>> GREAT TO BE WITH YOU,
SHANNON.
>> Shannon: WHAT IS YOUR
ASSESSMENT OF THE SCUM OF THE
MOVIE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION HAS
BEEN MAKING WITH REGARD TO IRAN,
TALK ABOUT REJOINING THE NUCLEAR
DEAL, OTHER THINGS LIKE
UNFREEZING THESE ASSETS,
POTENTIALLY IN DISCUSSION WITH
SOUTH KOREA OF DOING THAT.
WHAT IS YOUR ASSESSMENT?
>> I AM NOT A MODERATE ON THIS
ONE.
I THINK THE ADMINISTRATION WAS
DEAD WRONG TO NEGOTIATE THIS
DEAL.
I THINK THIS IS THE WORST DEAL I
KNOW OF IN FOREIGN AFFAIRS THE
UNITED STATES HAS EVER SIGNED.
I THINK THE IRANIANS HAVE
CHEATED SIX WAYS FROM SUNDAY ON
IT AND WILL CONTINUE TO, AND
BASICALLY I COULD GO ON, BUT I
THINK I PROBABLY COMMUNICATED MY
MAIN THINKING.
>> Shannon: WHAT DO YOU SAY TO
THOSE WHO SAY HE GAVE SOME FORM
OF ACCOUNTABILITY OR STRUCTURE
FOR KEEPING AN EYE ON IRAN AND
THOSE PROTECTIONS WERE LOST WHEN
WE WALKED AWAY FROM IT.
HOW DO YOU RESPOND TO THOSE
FOLKS?
>> IT DOES NOT HELP TO KEEP AN
EYE ON IRAN, THEY LIE, CHEAT,
AND STEEL, THAT IS THE WAY THEY
OPERATE.
THERE IS NO REAL OPPORTUNITY, I
DON’T THINK, TO CUT AN IMPORTANT
DEAL, THE WAY WE DID, FOR SOME
EXTENT NEGOTIATING FOR YEARS
WITH THE SOVIETS ABOUT STRATEGIC
ARMS.
SOMETIMES, YOU CAN DO A DEAL
WITH THE COUNTRY, BUT I THINK
IRAN IS NOT AN EXAMPLE OF THAT
CAPABILITY.
>> Shannon: I WANT TO ASK YOU
ABOUT THIS NEW BOOK THAT YOU’VE
GOT OUT.
IT’S GOT SOME EXPLOSIVE CLAIMS
IN IT.
I WANT TO START WITH
"THE NEW YORK POST," THIS IS HOW
THEY ASSESS OR SOME UP THE CORE
CLAIMS OF THE BOOK.
THEY SAY LEE HARVEY OSWALD WAS A
PERSONALLY INSTRUCTED BY SOVIET
LEADER NIKITA KHRUSHCHEV TO
ASSASSINATE PRESIDENT KENNEDY.
SOMETIME SHORTLY THEREAFTER, THE
SOVIETS CHANGED THEIR MINDS, AND
OSWALD WAS TOLD TO DROP THE
PLAN, BUT OSWALD, HARBORING A
BLINDING LOVE FOR ALL THINGS
USSR, REFUSED."
TELL ME HOW YOU CAME TO THAT
CONCLUSION, BECAUSE EVERYBODY
HAS THEIR THEORY ON WHAT
ACTUALLY HAPPENED WITH THE
ASSASSINATION OF
PRESIDENT KENNEDY, BUT THIS IS
THE CONCLUSION YOU AND YOUR
COAUTHOR HAVE COME TO.
>> OSWALD WAS A FANATIC.
HE WAS ABLE TO ESSENTIALLY
PERSUADE THE SYSTEM TO LET HIM
TRY IN THE SUMMER, PRECEDING
SUMMER, TO SHOOT DOWN,
ESSENTIALLY KNOCK OUT THE
AMERICAN PRESIDENT, AND HE TRIED
IT, AND HIS ROUND CAME VERY
CLOSE, CAME VERY CLOSE TO HIM.
BUT HE PRESSED ON AND VERY SADLY WAS ABLE TO KEEP THE SOVIET
WAS ABLE TO KEEP THE SOVIET
SYSTEM GOING, AND TO LET THE
SYSTEM WORK, AND KEPT DOING THAT
FOR EVERYBODY, EXCEPT OSWALD,
BECAUSE FINALLY, EVERYONE ELSE
STOOD DOWN, BUT OSWALD WAS
OPERATING, ESSENTIALLY, UNDER
HIS OWN STEAM, AND DID CREATE A
SITUATION WHEREBY THE
OPERATIONAL SIDE OF THE KILLING
PROCEEDED.
>> Shannon: WELL, YOU ALL SAY
IN YOUR BOOK THAT THE MATERIAL
IS THERE FOR WHAT HAS BEEN PUT
TOGETHER IF YOU KNOW HOW TO DECI
YOU CAN COME TO THIS CONCLUSION
NOT ONLY THAT HE WAS COMMANDED
DIRECTLY TO DO THIS, BUT THERE
WAS AT SOME POINT A DECISION TO
CALL IT OFF AND OSWALD WENT
AHEAD AND ACTED ALONE.
WE WILL ADD THIS TO THE
THEORIES.
IT IS A FASCINATING READ.
FOR FOLKS TO WANT TO CHECK IT