U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions Orders Review Of Obama-Era Hezbollah Investigations

Politico: Sessions orders review of abandoned Hezbollah-linked drug prosecutions

Inquiry follows POLITICO report that potential cases languished amid Obama drive for Iran nuclear deal.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions has ordered the Justice Department to dig into allegations in a POLITICO report that a series of potential drug prosecutions related to the pro-Iranian militant group Hezbollah were abandoned as the Obama administration pressed to strike a deal with Iran over its nuclear program.

Sessions indicated that he was troubled by allegations that Project Cassandra — the Drug Enforcement Administration's drive to target Hezbollah's foray into drug trafficking — ran into high-level roadblocks that stymied many of the cases agents wanted to bring as well as efforts to get suspects extradited from overseas to the U.S.

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