WASHINGTON – Attorney General Jeff Sessions is ordering a review of the Obama administration’s handling of a Drug Enforcement Administration program targeting drug trafficking by Iranian-backed Hezbollah.
Sessions didn’t say what prompted the review. But the announcement comes after a Politico report that raised questions about whether Obama administration officials thwarted investigators’ work on the program for fear of jeopardizing a nuclear deal with Iran.
Politico reported the DEA program known as Project Cassandra had been targeting the terrorist group’s trafficking of cocaine into the U.S. but was stymied by Obama officials. The administration was eager to improve relations with Iran and stall its nuclear weapons program.
Sessions says the review will evaluate “allegations that certain matters were not properly prosecuted” and ensure the investigations were correctly handled.
