The Boston Globe has a big scoop: John Kerry has been quietly meeting with foreign diplomats from Iran, Germany, the EU, and other countries as part of a coordinated campaign to try to keep President Trump from pulling out of the Iran nuclear deal. This behavior is raising a few eyebrows, notes the Globe:
“It is unusual for a former secretary of state to engage in foreign policy like this, as an actual diplomat and quasi-negotiator,” said Michael O’Hanlon, a foreign policy expert at the Brookings Institution. “Of course, former secretaries of state often remain quite engaged with foreign leaders, as they should, but it’s rarely so issue-specific, especially when they have just left office.”
Something else about what’s going on here is worth mentioning. What Kerry is doing here raises questions about violating the Logan Act, an 18th-century law that says private citizens can’t interfere in matters “relating to controversies or disputes which do or shall exist” between the United States and foreign powers. Before we jump to conclusions, some facts about the law in question:
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