Curt Weldon
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And the book was endorsed by Jack Caravelli, Al Gore's CIA advisor. One-page letter. They endorsed the book. The Iranians published my book in Farsi on their own. It became a bestseller because it says the people of Iran and the U.S. are not enemies. The people in these countries are never our enemies. It's the games we play, not the games. The games we allow people to play.
And the book was endorsed by Jack Caravelli, Al Gore's CIA advisor. One-page letter. They endorsed the book. The Iranians published my book in Farsi on their own. It became a bestseller because it says the people of Iran and the U.S. are not enemies. The people in these countries are never our enemies. It's the games we play, not the games. The games we allow people to play.
They're out for power and money. We've got to stop that.
They're out for power and money. We've got to stop that.
Rest assured that he's in Tehran. I've never talked to you about this in advance, and you pulled that up right away. That's exactly what I say. And I know the people that got Stephanopoulos to ask that question. I would ask you one more thing to look at. Remember that airplane that somebody captured on the tarmac in Tehran that was unidentified, unloading pallets and pallets of American cash?
Rest assured that he's in Tehran. I've never talked to you about this in advance, and you pulled that up right away. That's exactly what I say. And I know the people that got Stephanopoulos to ask that question. I would ask you one more thing to look at. Remember that airplane that somebody captured on the tarmac in Tehran that was unidentified, unloading pallets and pallets of American cash?
Do you remember that story? And no one ever explained it? I wonder why that occurred. Remember the pallets of cash and the estimates? We've got to stop allowing these games to be played. The people of Iran are not our enemy.
Do you remember that story? And no one ever explained it? I wonder why that occurred. Remember the pallets of cash and the estimates? We've got to stop allowing these games to be played. The people of Iran are not our enemy.
I can't tie that. All I can tell you is I'm aware of that.
I can't tie that. All I can tell you is I'm aware of that.
There was more than one flight of planes into Tehran.
There was more than one flight of planes into Tehran.
The correlation that I can tell you is that the U.S. was aware of and helped facilitate the placement of bin Laden in Iran. They retain plausible deniability. That's the fancy word they use. They maintain plausible deniability by using other countries. And I'll give you one more story about Iran. I did most of the work for the Congress with Russia. Steny Hoyer was my co-chair.
The correlation that I can tell you is that the U.S. was aware of and helped facilitate the placement of bin Laden in Iran. They retain plausible deniability. That's the fancy word they use. They maintain plausible deniability by using other countries. And I'll give you one more story about Iran. I did most of the work for the Congress with Russia. Steny Hoyer was my co-chair.
And as you know, the big deal right now is the Iran nuclear program. Well, let me tell you what happened in the 90s that I will verify and give you again a polygraph on. I was very upset when we had evidence that the Russian Ministry of Atomic Energy was helping Iran with the Boucher reactor. And I went to the Ministry of Atomic Energy, and I took two members of the House who are today's senators.
And as you know, the big deal right now is the Iran nuclear program. Well, let me tell you what happened in the 90s that I will verify and give you again a polygraph on. I was very upset when we had evidence that the Russian Ministry of Atomic Energy was helping Iran with the Boucher reactor. And I went to the Ministry of Atomic Energy, and I took two members of the House who are today's senators.
And I'll give you the photograph. You can get it off my website of me with Roger Wicker, chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, and Lindsey Graham, meeting with the minister of atomic energy in Moscow, Mikhailov. They call him the hawk. And I said to him, we want you to stop helping Iran with a nuclear program at Bushir because this is going to come back to hurt both of our countries.
And I'll give you the photograph. You can get it off my website of me with Roger Wicker, chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, and Lindsey Graham, meeting with the minister of atomic energy in Moscow, Mikhailov. They call him the hawk. And I said to him, we want you to stop helping Iran with a nuclear program at Bushir because this is going to come back to hurt both of our countries.
This is in the 1990s. Mikhailov said, Congressman, we can't do anything about these deals that we're doing. I was very outraged, and I let the Russians know that. One of the most pro-American leaders in Russia who did the Nunn-Lugar program was the head of the nuclear institute in Russia called Korchatov Institute in Moscow. His name was Dr. Yevgeny Velikov. He died in December.
This is in the 1990s. Mikhailov said, Congressman, we can't do anything about these deals that we're doing. I was very outraged, and I let the Russians know that. One of the most pro-American leaders in Russia who did the Nunn-Lugar program was the head of the nuclear institute in Russia called Korchatov Institute in Moscow. His name was Dr. Yevgeny Velikov. He died in December.