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As Project Cassandra reached higher into the hierarchy of the conspiracy, [[Obama administration]] officials threw an increasingly insurmountable series of roadblocks in its way. When Project Cassandra leaders sought approval for some significant investigations, [[prosecution]]s, [[arrest]]s and financial sanctions, officials at the Justice and [[US Treasury Department|Treasury department]]s delayed, hindered or rejected their requests.

As Project Cassandra reached higher into the hierarchy of the conspiracy, [[Obama administration]] officials threw an increasingly insurmountable series of roadblocks in its way. When Project Cassandra leaders sought approval for some significant investigations, [[prosecution]]s, [[arrest]]s and financial sanctions, officials at the Justice and [[US Treasury Department|Treasury department]]s delayed, hindered or rejected their requests.

The [[Justice Department]] declined requests by Project Cassandra and other authorities to file criminal charges against major players such as Hezbollah's high-profile envoy to Iran, a Lebanese bank that allegedly laundered billions in alleged drug profits, and a central player in a U.S.-based cell of the Iranian paramilitary Quds force. And the [[State Department]] rejected requests to lure high-value targets to countries where they could be arrested.

The [[Justice Department]] declined requests by Project Cassandra and other authorities to file criminal charges against major players such as Hezbollah's high-profile envoy to Iran, a Lebanese bank that allegedly laundered billions in alleged drug profits, and a central player in a U.S.-based cell of the Iranian paramilitary [[Quds Force]]. And the [[State Department]] rejected requests to lure high-value targets to countries where they could be arrested.

“This was a policy decision, it was a systematic decision,” said David Asher, Veteran U.S. illicit finance expert sent from [[Pentagon]] to Project Cassandra to attack the alleged Hezbollah criminal enterprise., who helped establish and oversee Project Cassandra as a [[United States Department of Defense|Defense Department]] illicit finance analyst. “They serially ripped apart this entire effort that was very well supported and resourced, and it was done from the top down.”

“This was a policy decision, it was a systematic decision,” said David Asher, Veteran U.S. illicit finance expert sent from [[Pentagon]] to Project Cassandra to attack the alleged Hezbollah criminal enterprise., who helped establish and oversee Project Cassandra as a [[United States Department of Defense|Defense Department]] illicit finance analyst. “They serially ripped apart this entire effort that was very well supported and resourced, and it was done from the top down.”