news horrific enough deputy national security advisor ben rhodes also reveal obama begin negotiations iran early 2008 radical muslim hardline mahmoud ahmadinejad still power obama administration cook phony story sell americans iranian nuke deal lie us officials deal moderate islamic theocracy could trust keep word report thursday.in reveal article post new york time website president obama foreign-policy guru ben rhodes brag help create false narrative public would accept deal know iranian hard-liners still call shots.the white house line rhodes say create obama start negotiations supposedly moderate hassan rouhani elect president 2013.but obama set sight work deal mad mullahs early 2008 negotiations actually begin strongman mahmoud ahmadinejad still president.rhodes deputy national security adviser strategic communications concede article so-called moderate regime moderate bet said.despite little foreign-policy experience rhodes 38 former aspire novelist grow upper east side charge massive white house message effort feed bogus line journalists create echo chamber say things validate give say admit time interview ask plethora experts praise deal press.the time article appear paper sunday magazine note rhodes write degree nyu skilled storyteller adept construct overarch plotlines heroes villains conflict support flurry carefully choose adjectives quotations leak name unnamed senior officials reporter david samuels write master shaper retailer obama foreign-policy narratives ask mislead version deal rhodes say absence rational discourse go discourse expletive test drive know go able carry message effectively use outside group like anti-nuke group ploughshares iran project whomever else know tactics work drive crazy say republicans others oppose deal include israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu.obama article say mislead public idea negotiations begin moderate faction rise 2013. today two years negotiations unite state together international partner achieve something decades animosity obama say last july announce deal.leon panetta secretary defense confirm article hard-line regime military arm still charge much question quds force supreme leader run country strong arm much question kind oppose view could somehow gain traction say think whole legacy obama work guy go bring mideast war end last goddamn thing need start another war without name panetta suggest rhodes one several obama staff tell president want hear article says.rhodes bash media properly report foreign affairs reveal feed information reporters jeffrey goldberg atlantic respect beltway insider time call newspapers use foreign bureaus say t. call us explain happen moscow cairo outlets report world events washington average reporter talk 27 years old report experience consist around political campaign sea change literally know nothing rhodes assistant ned price give example would shape news feed narrative compadres press corps let echo across social media.for entire story nyp break bombshell obama foreign policy guru admit shock lie obama tell sell americans iran deal