Weekly Commentary: Why is Suspected Iranian Agent Ariane Tabatabai Still In The Pentagon With Access To Secrets?
Dr. Aaron Lerner 29 September 2023

It seems like a day doesn't go by without American officials publicly
commenting about domestic Israeli affairs.

I'm not expecting symmetry.

But when the Biden administration lets some suspected of working for Iran
remain in their sensitive Pentagon job this definitely calls for something
to be said.

Ariane Tabatabai is the current chief of staff for the assistant secretary
of defense for special operations in the Pentagon.

I shudder when I think what Israeli intelligence, plans, etc. Ariane
Tabatabai CONTINUES to have access to.

The moment on MONDAY September 25th that Iran International and Semafor
published their investigation of Ariane Tabatabai's allegiance to Iran and
active participation as an agent of Iran she should have been out the door.
https://content.iranintl.com/en/investigates/inside-tehran-softwar/
https://www.semafor.com/article/09/25/2023/inside-irans-influence-operation

Yet still on THURSDAY September 28th Chris Maier, assistant secretary of
defense for Special Operations and Low-Intensity Conflict, told a House
Foreign Affairs Committee that while the granting of Tabatabai's security
clearance was being investigated that she was apparently still working!

If this is the attitude of the Biden administration about secrets and Iran
we Israelis have to do some very hard thinking about what to do next.
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