Orde F. Kittrie

Law professor & think tank senior fellow; former US State Dept attorney; author Lawfare: Law as a Weapon of War (Oxford Univ. Press) RT/like/follow≠endorse

[Orde F. Kittrie @ordefk]

@ElliotKaufman6 @EVKontorovich @rich_goldberg Thank you @ElliotKaufman6 The investigative work and eloquent editorials by you and your colleagues have been extremely important in both keeping this issue alive and moving it forward!

[FDD @FDD]

The MOU, and its implementing license raise numerous troubling questions. Congress should use its INARA and other legislative authorities to demand answers, block the license, and consider blocking the MOU before it is too late, explain @ordefk & @miadmaleki:
https://t.co/XqTvMPbFwM

[Tanya Narbut🇮🇱🇺🇦 @NarbutTanya]

Оказывается величайший экономист, историк и интеллектуал современности Томас Соуэлл имел и имеет свою позицию по поводу Израиля и евреев.

Колонка The Middle East "Peace Process". 2002.
«Эвфемизм "земля в обмен на мир" на Ближнем Востоке на практике означает передачу земли в обмен на обещания. Проблема в том, что землю нельзя вернуть назад без новой войны, в то время как обещания можно нарушить вообще без каких-либо издержек».

Колонка The "Peace Process" Myth. 2005
«Самая фундаментальная ошибка западного мира — верить в то, что существует некая комбинация уступок, которая принесет мир. Но нет таких уступок, которые удовлетворят людей, желающих вашего полного исчезновения».
«Никакого "ближневосточного мирного процесса" не существует. Существует ближневосточный военный процесс, в который западные страны упорно пытаются внедрить идеи о мире, не имеющие никакого отношения к реальности в этой части планеты».

Колонка Cease-Fires Do Little To Halt Bloodshed. 2014
«Есть что-то гротескное в том, как люди, живущие за тысячи миль в безопасности и комфорте, высокомерно критикуют и пытаются микроменеджерить действия израильтян, находящихся под обстрелом ракет, запускаемых по их стране организацией ХАМАС».
«Для людей, находящихся на безопасном расстоянии, "прекращение огня" звучит как нечто прекрасное, но для людей под ракетным обстрелом это означает дать нападающим время на пополнение запасов и подготовку к последующим атакам».

Телепередача Uncommon Knowledge. 2005
«Я помню, как много лет назад разговаривал с человеком из еврейской организации, и он спросил, что можно сделать с антисемитизмом. И я сказал: "Ну, вы могли бы потерпеть неудачу". Потому что пока вы успешны, всегда будут люди, которые ненавидят вас за это».

Книга Black Rednecks and White Liberals. 2005
«Евреи не просто преуспевают, они преуспевают так, что это угрожает эго других людей. (...) Когда кто-то приезжает в страну без гроша в кармане, живет в трущобах, а всего через поколение его дети становятся врачами и учеными — это лишает окружающих любых оправданий для собственных неудач».

[Tara Green @tutarei]

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[FDD @FDD]

This article by @ordefk and Duncan Hollis argues that the Trump Admin’s MOU with Iran is subject to INARA but the administration has not complied with INARA’s requirements for additional materials submission, reporting, certification, and sanctions-relief delay.

More here:
https://t.co/nasd0Jd4mW

[FDD's Iran Program @FDD_Iran]

The @USTreasury's issuance of a license pausing Iranian petroleum sanctions appears to be inconsistent with the Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act which prohibits such relief for 30 days after a U.S. nuclear agreement with Iran is submitted to Congress—@ordefk & @miadmaleki:
https://t.co/rMbAnNZWvt

[FDD @FDD]

Why Hasn’t the Trump Administration Complied with the Law on Reporting Iran Agreements to Congress?

@ordefk and Duncan Hollis in @smallwars: https://t.co/Hperh8X6xI

[Mariam Wahba @themariamwahba]

New from me in @WSJ @WSJFreeEx for America 250.

[FDD @FDD]

The license provides Iran with billions of dollars in unprecedented relief from congressionally mandated sanctions, thereby enabling Iran to rebuild its armed forces, nuclear program, and terrorist proxies before making meaningful concessions—@ordefk & @miadmaleki: https://t.co/8lSjw4JLJ0

[Orde F. Kittrie @ordefk]

New article by former State Dept attorneys on four ways in which U.S.-Iran Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) doesn't comply with U.S. law (the Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act): Administration has failed to share with Congress 1) the MOU's side agreements, 2) a report explaining how U.S. can verify Iran's compliance, and 3) a presidential certification the MOU meets various Congressionally-specified criteria. Also,
4) the MOU and its implementing license violate ban on providing Iran with immediate statutory sanctions relief.
https://t.co/IhAWmdXDDg

[Mark Dubowitz @mdubowitz]

Lebanon has recognized Israel as a sovereign state and agreed to end the state of war.

That would have been unthinkable without U.S. and Israeli successes against the Islamic Republic in Iran and Hezbollah—and @SecRubio’s diplomacy.

Many obstacles remain, but this is a hopeful sign in a region that rarely offers one.

[Mark Dubowitz @mdubowitz]

Five Key Legal Questions About the June 2026 U.S.-Iran Memorandum of Understanding https://t.co/eR5MCLCfA6

[Mark Dubowitz @mdubowitz]

.@FDD Senior Fellow and former State Department attorney @ordefk:

“The Administration is evidently not applying INARA’s requirements and restrictions to the MOU, apparently on the basis of an opinion from the Department of Justice that some or all of INARA’s requirements and restrictions somehow are not applicable to the MOU. The White House and the Department of Justice have apparently not shared this surprising opinion, or its arguments, with either Congress or the public.”

[Orde F. Kittrie @ordefk]

@rbikoff @miadmaleki In my view, the MOU clearly meets the definition of a nuclear agreement which is set forth in the Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act. For a more detailed explanation of why that is my view, see my article at https://t.co/XqRLRjwiYJ

[Orde F. Kittrie @ordefk]

Thread on new article by former senior Treasury official @miadmaleki and I (former lead State Dept nuclear negotiations attorney): Treasury’s license pausing Iranian petroleum sanctions is inconsistent with the Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act (INARA), which prohibits such relief for 30 days after a U.S. nuclear agreement with Iran is submitted to Congress. 1/5

https://t.co/A7uHHNAq0y

[Mark Dubowitz @mdubowitz]

My latest: @SecRubio deserves credit for restoring strategic clarity. Lebanon — not Hezbollah — should determine its security policy and relationship with Israel. Direct communication between sovereign governments is a foundation for peace. Hezbollah and its Iranian patrons should have no role in deciding when Israel can defend its citizens.

[Orde F. Kittrie @ordefk]

RT @therealBehnamBT: 🚨INARA alert. A must read by @miadmaleki & @ordefk of @fdd unpack the legal and political requirements of INARA - pass…

[Elliot Kaufman @ElliotKaufman6]

Trump Administration sources tell us this framework is the U.S. interpretation of the MOU’s first point regarding Lebanon. On this, the Vice President backs Secretary Rubio.

WSJ editorial:
https://t.co/pvcPlegQPT

[FDD @FDD]

Five Key Legal Questions About the June 2026 U.S.-Iran Memorandum of Understanding

@ordefk in @Future_of_War's International Lawfare and Security: https://t.co/YR0iiCOYQJ

[Andrew Ghalili @AndrewGhalili]

This is a must read explainer on the MOU and INARA from @ordefk

“The June 2026 U.S.-Iran MOU appears to fall clearly within INARA’s definition of an ‘agreement with Iran relating to the nuclear program of Iran,’ and thus be subject to INARA’s requirements and restrictions.”

NUFDI, in conjunction with grassroots Iranian American activists, will continue to make sure Congress is aware of the law and their/the admin’s duties under INARA.

[FDD’s Center on Economic & Financial Power (CEFP) @FDD_CEFP]

Treasury License for Iranian Petroleum Is Unwise and May Be Inconsistent With Statutory Requirements

New FDD insight by @ordefk and @miadmaleki: https://t.co/mbMcDfl9vI