The American Pundit

Remember The One’s excuse of “One president at a time” when he refused to comment on the Israeli-Hamas conflict? Yeah, well, try to square that excuse with a report from the AFP today that Obama advisors have been talking with Iran and Syria since before the election.

[E]ven before winning the November 4 election, Obama unofficially used what experts call “track two” discussions to approach America’s two foes in the region.

Nuclear non-proliferation experts had several “very, very high-level” contacts in the last few months with Iranian leaders, said Jeffrey Boutwell, executive director for the US branch of the Pugwash group, an international organization of scientists which won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1995.

Former defense secretary William Perry, who served in Obama’s election campaign, participated in some of these meetings focused on “a wide range of issues that separate Iran from the West: not only their nuclear program but the Middle East peace process, Persian Gulf issues,” Boutwell told AFP.

The Pugwash official declined to name the other participants, except to say they had considerable clout.

So it’s not only that President-elect Obama was undermining then-sitting President Bush’s foreign policy by talking with Iran and Syria. No, it was Senator Obama undermining official U.S. foreign policy before even becoming President-elect. I know it’s become cliche, but does the Logan Act not enter into effect here?

Any citizen of the United States, wherever he may be, who, without authority of the United States, directly or indirectly commences or carries on any correspondence or intercourse with any foreign government or any officer or agent thereof, with intent to influence the measures or conduct of any foreign government or of any officer or agent thereof, in relation to any disputes or controversies with the United States, or to defeat the measures of the United States, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than three years, or both.

Just in case anyone was wondering about Obama’s sincerity when he was preaching about one chief executive at a time, this should put his or her mind to rest. Obama had absolutely no concern about meddling with foreign policy before being sworn-in. His surrogates were talking with foreign governments, supposedly without the authority of the sitting president, before election day even came about.

Via Hot Air.