In last Monday's New York Times, David Sanger and William Broad wrote a front-page article about the CIA's involvement in the nuclear black market.
The article demonstrates (again) that the New York Times, Sanger & Broad in particular, has simply become a mouthpiece for the government (see my previous articles 1, 2, 3) but they did let one fact slip through to the readership. I can only presume that the slip was accidental, because they don't appear to have understood the ramifications of what they reported: The US Government is covering up the fact that US citizens and entities are involved in the nuclear black market.
Background Three members of the Tinner family in Switzerland were key suppliers to AQ Khan's nuclear black market ring. They were arrested in 2004 and have been awaiting trial but the US government has been trying to sabotage the Swiss trial because "compromising and embarrassing information about the CIA's activities with the Khan network" would be exposed if the trial were to proceed.
High-Level Visit The New York Times reported that in July 2007, the Swiss Justice Minister came to the US to discuss the case with high-level US officials, apparently to find a mutually-acceptable arrangement regarding how to deal with the Tinner case.
According to an anonymous former Bush administration official:
"The State Department wanted the bomb plans destroyed as a way to stem nuclear proliferation, while the C.I.A. wanted to protect its methods for combating illicit nuclear trade."
Whether those two things are true or not I don't know - but the NY Times also notes, without elaboration, that the Swiss Justice Minister met with former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and FBI Director Robert Mueller (and Mike McConnell, the director of national intelligence).
Domestic US Involvement The US Dept of Justice and FBI have exclusively domestic jurisdiction. Why would the Swiss Justice Minister meet with Mueller and Gonzales regarding the planned destruction of evidence in a Swiss case involving the nuclear black market? The only logical explanation is that the case also involves US persons and US entities who have yet to be named and indicted. I presume that Gonzales and Mueller desperately argued that the Swiss needed to derail the Tinners' trial by destroying all the evidence because the FBI had an 'ongoing investigation' which would otherwise be exposed. What else could they have argued? Of course, there is no 'ongoing investigation, and there will not be any forthcoming indictments.
The AQ Khan network was officially exposed in 2003. Now we have proof that the Bush administration is well aware of the involvement of US persons and entities, and is apparently refusing to bring indictments against these people.
Sibel Edmonds Case We know from the case of former FBI translator Sibel Edmonds that the FBI has long been aware of nuclear black market activities within the US and has failed to do anything about it, going to such extraordinary lengths to gag Sibel using the State Secrets Privilege, and to illegally gag congress involving Sibel's case.
We know that high-level US officials were directly involved in these activities. We know that the Pentagon and State Department actively shut down the investigations that Sibel was involved with, and they also actively facilitated the gagging of Sibel.
We even know at least 3 of the US persons/groups that were actively involved in the nuclear black market:
Marc Grossman Former #3 at the State Dept, Marc Grossman, was heard on FBI wiretaps facilitating the theft of nuclear secrets "from every nuclear agency in the United States." Other participants in the ring include officials from Pakistan, Turkey and Israel who were operating out of their respective embassies. Once the ring stole these secrets they were sold to the highest bidders on the nuclear black market.
Could it be that the US government was desperate to sabotage the Swiss case because they were afraid that Grossman's role in criminal activity would finally be exposed?
American Turkish Council (ATC) The ATC is a powerful Military-Industrial-Complex lobby, home to some of the most pwerful people and companies in the US. It is also the "nexus" of nuclear black market activity in the US.
We also know that the CIA, via Valerie Plame's cover company Brewster Jennings, was investigating the ATC for its role in illegal nuclear proliferation.
Sibel Edmonds heard wiretaps of phone traffic between the Turkish embassy and the American Turkish Council involving dealings in the nuclear black market.
Absolutely nothing the Bush administration is doing will surprise me anymore. To call Bush and his henchmen evil is the understatement of the ages. And yet, the Pelosi Congress does nothing. Maybe she is in on the nuclear supermarket too!
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Hayesml47 (6 articles, 0 quicklinks, 4 diaries, 504 comments)
on Friday, September 5, 2008 at 4:59:48 PM
They cross every sort of imaginary cultural boundary to set up rackets and to steal. Israeli car jackers work with Palestinian chop shops all the time.
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John Hanks (1 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 1409 comments)
on Friday, September 5, 2008 at 5:18:51 PM
its all in revalations--do not like saying this but it all seems to be comming true---and i understand it and why it has to happen,and why it has to be left to continue on its own with no intervention from our god--a record for all to see- definitions of sins-and how far they go-----isnt it strange to an unbeliever, that prophesies written so long ago did and are comming true! 1 key is that we would pollute and destroy the whole earth if god did not intervene. why does athority that exsits today mirror those in revolation--i know-i know---but read over and over and u will see clearly the whys and whens-its called education of oneself-we are vastly overcomplicating our lives till we have our meltdown. it will be proven that we cannot exist without god directly in our lives for all times
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skiidogs (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 153 comments)
on Friday, September 5, 2008 at 10:23:17 PM
Read "Deception: Pakistan, the United States and the Secret Trade in Nuclear Weapons" by Adian Levy and Catherine Scott-Clark, published last year for more details.
Every US administration since Jimmy Carter has been in on it. It is not due to rogue corrupt government officials, or just Bush. It is sanctioned by the globalist masters who run this country in the shadows. They do so for the same reasons we gave the Soviets the know-how and materials for the bomb.
The mention of Turkey rings true with Sibel Edmonds information that got little play in the US. Many wonder why we refuse to list the genocide of the Armenian Christians (1.5 million) at the hands of the Young Turks as a genocide, this might explain it.
The guys who run Turkeys military today might think the civilian government is getting too Islamic for comfort. The indictment of Ergenekon, for planning a military coup against the government, is comparable to those conducted in Italy into the notorious P-2 Masonic Lodge and the Gladio (NATO-linked) "stay behind" networks responsible for Italian terrorism in the 1980s and 1990s. The Ergenekon "strategy of tension," complete with terror attacks and assassinations, may be aiming to pave the way for a military coup against the government of Prime Minister Erdogan. The Ergenekon investigation has revealed links both to NATO and state security services and to terrorist, assassination, and criminal networks.
With Pakistan, the Caucuses, Balkans, Afghanistan unstable and the hardline on Iran, the stage is being set for Obamas war (or McCains).
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pft (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 499 comments)
on Saturday, September 6, 2008 at 1:30:02 AM
... and understand that the United States of America, along with it's close European allies, operates under the unofficial policy of "self-exclusion" from having to hold to internationally signed treaties. It is the more-powerful party and therefore stays commited only as far as its concern to its own self-interest, able to break or keep to binding obligations as it sees fit. It is the ideology which forms the core of the "Bush Doctrine", and is in a greater sense part of the American belief of "Manifest Destiny" for their nation. In actuality, it is the height of hypocrisy, and evidence of supreme power having corrupted its leadership. The United States, as the biggest superpower, must lead the world through example if it expects other nations to work out their differences peacefully. Sadly, it is failing miserably at it. The legacy of the Iraq conflict proves that the agenda of the Bush "administration" was from day one meant to disrupt reconciliation with other nations, most importantly after 9/11 occured. Possibilities toward combatting the roots of terrorism globally alongside nations now considered "the enemy" were squandered, as the moral story behind 9/11 was trampled with disinterest underneath the boot of the Bush "administration".
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dotmafia (1 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 64 comments)
on Saturday, September 6, 2008 at 2:54:37 AM
Our nuclear war fighting elite are in need of some serious mental health treatment.
Their happiness is crime and their lives are committed to our deaths. Murder has always paid big, and they can not stop themselves.
We need to spare no expense in finding a cure for what ails them. First things first, we need to get the nuclear weapons out of their hands while we are still alive. Then we can have the medical professionals look into their heads and see why they insist on waging an all out general nuclear war and burning us all up.
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Patrick (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 424 comments)
on Sunday, September 7, 2008 at 3:56:21 PM
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