Tom Cotton compares John Kerry to Pontius Pilate
Source: Politico
Cotton said that Kerry, who is appearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Thursday to sell lawmakers on the agreement, “acted like Pontius Pilate” by not drawing a line.
“He washed his hands, kicked it to the IAEA, knowing that Congress would not get this information unless someone went out to find it,” he said, noting allegations that Iran has tested nuclear detonators at its Parchin facility. (Iran has denied the accusations, but has so far refused to allow IAEA inspectors full access.)
There needs to be a baseline, Cotton said. “For all we know,” he remarked, any unknown actions at Parchin “would undercut the agreement.”
On Wednesday, National Security Adviser Susan Rice told reporters that Congress will be briefed on the side documents and should come to the “same rational conclusion” as the administration that it is a “good and strong deal.”