President Obama’s nuclear deal with Iran was palmed off on the public with soothing lies about “anytime, anywhere” inspections of the mullah’s nuclear facilities; about the extent of sanctions relief Iran would enjoy; about how many centrifuges would stop spinning once the deal was in place.

So it can be no surprise that the administration also lied about when negotiations began. Senior national security advisor Ben Rhodes recently admitted that they started in 2011, not in 2013, as Obama’s acolytes always claimed.