Lawmaker Calls for Investigation into Report Obama Administration Undermined Anti-Hezbollah Project

After Politico released its shocking report that the Obama administration obstructed a Project Cassandra campaign intended to curtail Hezbollah’s criminal activities, Representative Robert Pittenger called on the House to look into the report.

The lawmaker, who is the chairman of the Congressional Task Force on Terrorism and Unconventional Warfare, sent a letter to House Oversight Committee Chairman Trey Gowdy urging him to investigate the report.

“These revelations are shocking and infuriating. While American soldiers were bravely fighting ISIS terrorists, with some paying the ultimate price, the Obama administration reportedly was protecting Hezbollah terrorists who were funding themselves by trafficking illegal drugs. No wonder President Obama couldn’t bring himself to call them ‘Radical Islamist Terrorists,” Pittenger told Fox News.

Politico’s exposé claimed the former president’s administration road-blocked a Drug Enforcement Administration task force’s investigation into Hezbollah’s drug-trafficking and money-laundering operations, which allowed the militant group to become a major global security threat. It also detailed how Hezbollah investigations became increasingly difficult as the U.S. was getting closer to securing the Iran nuclear deal.

“This is the same administration that sent $1.7 billion in cash ransom to Iran. The growing nexus between terrorist organizations and Latin American drug cartels poses a grave threat to our national security, especially considering the porous state of our southern border,” Pittenger said.

He added that terrorist organizations like Hezbollah in alliance with drug cartels provide millions of dollars to jihadists worldwide, criticizing Barack Obama and his administration for obstructing the DEA investigation.

“The witnesses providing account of the Obama administration derailing and stonewalling the prosecution of this illicit funding investigation has resulted in the most serious consequences of the misguided and injudicious actions of President Obama and his team.”