Veteran Diplomat’s Ties to Boeing While Backing Iran Nuclear Deal Raise Questions

The Clinton administration’s ambassador to Iran and the United Nations, Thomas Pickering, is under fire for failing to disclose his ties to Boeing while lobbying hard for the Iran nuclear deal. Since the deal went through, Boeing has been working on a $25 billion deal with Iran Air.

Former Ambassador Thomas Pickering’s involvement with the Boeing Co. during the years he spent pushing for the historic nuclear deal with Iran is raising questions about whether the veteran diplomat violated federal lobbying law by failing to disclose his ties to the aerospace giant.

Pickering, 84, whose lengthy diplomatic career includes serving as U.S. ambassador to Israel and the United Nations, had been on the aerospace giant’s payroll as a consultant during the time he lobbied for the Iran nuclear deal.

Neither Pickering nor Boeing mentioned their ties when Pickering was supporting the historic agreement in op-eds published by major news organizations, in testimony on Capitol Hill, and in letters penned to congressional leadership.

Boeing kept Pickering’s employment quiet, despite the fact that the corporation had a financial stake in the Obama administration’s completion of the Iran nuclear deal.
Details of Pickering’s relationship with Boeing—outside his employment and later work as a “consultant”—are murky, but lawyers and government officials agree that he should have disclosed it.

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