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May 8, 2018

Trump Slated to Announce Decision About Iran Nuclear Deal Today
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President Trump is slated to announce at 2 p.m. today whether he will
withdraw the United States from the landmark 2015 Iran nuclear
agreement. President Trump has repeatedly threatened to withdraw from
the deal, despite pressure from European leaders, Iran, the
international community and even his own defense secretary, James
Mattis.

Today's announcement comes amid more revelations about how the Israeli
private intelligence agency known as Black Cube was hired to orchestrate
a "dirty ops" campaign against members of the Obama administration who
negotiated the Iran nuclear deal. The Guardian reports Trump's aides
hired Black Cube; The New York Times says it's not yet clear who hired
the intelligence firm. Among those Black Cube was hired to investigate
and discredit were Obama's top national security aide Benjamin Rhodes
and Vice President Joe Biden's national security adviser Colin Kahl.
Black Cube is made up of former officials from the Mossad and other
Israeli agencies. It is the same firm hired by disgraced Hollywood
producer Harvey Weinstein to stop publication of articles that exposed
him as a sexual predator.