When given a chance to offer this thoughts last week on the $400 million the Obama administration secretly flew over to Iran for the release of four American hostages, Lt. Col. Oliver North pulled no punches. “Been there, done that,” said North, arguing that the transfer of cash was “clearly a ransom.”
As the man who was at the center of the infamous Iran-Contra Affair, North provided a particularly poignant perspective on the administration’s Iran hostage deal. Asked Wednesday by Greta Van Susteren if he thought that the secret shipping of $400 million in cash via unmarked cargo plane the same day as Iran finally released four American prisoners was a ransom, North said absolutely.
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