Politico's blockbuster story, "The secret backstory of how Obama let Hezbollah off the hook," exposes former President Obama's effort to undermine an investigation of theHezbollah terrorist group by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to protect the nuclear deal with Iran. According to Politico, the Justice Department stopped enforcement efforts by the DEA to stop Hezbollah from engaging in illegal activities including sales of illegal drugs in the U.S. as the Obama administration was negotiating the nuclear deal with Iran. The story fits the overall narrative that former President Obama was willing to do anything to get the Iran deal done including then-deputy National Security Adviser Ben Rhodes misleading reporters about the important timing to negotiate with Iran. In this episode of "The Buzz," we discuss the Politico story that former President Obama did not break a Hezbollah illegal drug ring to protect the Iran nuclear agreement. We'll delve into what happened, why it happened, the negative consequences and how the media is addressing this blockbuster story.
