OH, JUST SAYIN' – AT 8:41 A.M. ET:  So what's new with the Iran nuclear deal?  Uh, seems there are some loopholes, some little problems.  But nothing to see, nothing to see.  From NRO: 

President Obama didn’t require Iranian leaders to sign the nuclear deal that his team negotiated with the regime, and the deal is not “legally binding,” his administration acknowledged in a letter to Representative Mike Pompeo (R., Kan.) obtained by National Review. “The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) is not a treaty or an executive agreement, and is not a signed document,” wrote Julia Frifield, the State Department assistant secretary for legislative affairs, in the November 19 letter.

Frifield wrote the letter in response to a letter Pompeo sent Secretary of State John Kerry, in which he observed that the deal the president had submitted to Congress was unsigned and wondered if the administration had given lawmakers the final agreement. Frifield’s response emphasizes that Congress did receive the final version of the deal. But by characterizing the JCPOA as a set of “political commitments” rather than a more formal agreement, it is sure to heighten congressional concerns that Iran might violate the deal’s terms.

“The success of the JCPOA will depend not on whether it is legally binding or signed, but rather on the extensive verification measures we have put in place, as well as Iran’s understanding that we have the capacity to re-impose — and ramp up — our sanctions if Iran does not meet its commitments,” Frifield wrote to Pompeo.

COMMENT:  Would you hire those lawyers?  That deal is a mess.  Iran has laughed at it openly since it was signed, er, ratified, er, agreed to.  Well, maybe someone shook hands.

In the midst of the current terror offensive, let's not forget that Iran is still the major enemy in the Mideast region, and that Iran has a substantial nuclear infrastructure. 

November 25,  2015