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Last October, Steve Bannon and Kash Patel warned that an Iranian spy network was influencing the Biden-Harris administration’s intelligence priorities, identifying Robert Malley, Ariane Tabatabai, and Maher Bitar. Tabatabai is now suspected of leaking Israel’s military plans to Iran, according to Sky News Arabia. On June 29, 2023, Robert Malley was placed on unpaid leave as Joe Biden's special envoy to Iran, with his security clearance suspended amid an investigation into the possible mishandling of classified information. On September 29, 2023, Semafor reported that Malley was involved in supporting, funding, and directing an Iranian intelligence operation aimed at influencing the U.S. and its allies based on leaked Iranian government emails. The emails reveal that Malley helped place Tabatabai, identified as an Iranian agent of influence, in key U.S. government positions—first at the State Department and later at the Pentagon, where she currently serves as Chief of Staff to the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations. On October 16, 2023, Revolver News reported that Maher Bitar, now Senior Director for Intelligence Programs on the National Security Council, was previously an executive director of “Students for Justice in Palestine.” The group reportedly responded to the recent Hamas attack on Israel by organizing a “Day of Resistance” in support of Hamas’ “historic win” against Israel. Bitar was photographed wearing a Palestinian keffiyeh in front of a sign reading, “Divest from Israeli Apartheid.” Despite these associations, he plays a critical role in shaping the administration’s intelligence priorities. Malley, whose security clearance was suspended by the FBI, placed Tabatabai in the Department of Defense as Assistant Chief of Staff for the Special Operations Office. In 2014, Tabatabai reportedly emailed Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard, requesting permission to travel on behalf of the U.S. government. A year after these revelations, the Biden-Harris administration has unbelievably allowed Tabatabai to remain in her top role at the Department of Defense, retaining her top-level security clearance.