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A Russian businessman, he claims malicious lies were manufactured about him. He blames a UN official. He arranged contracts for Bout's companies. He then helped sell him out.
Last October, Russia Today headlined, "Rigged trial a final step toward bars for Bout?" saying:
His family expected no fairness. In 2008, Washington got Thai authorities to arrest and hold him. In November 2010, they were pressured to extradite him to America. They knew he was innocent but yielded anyway.
Bout said America falsely claimed he was a billionaire and illegal arms dealer. He's no billionaire or even rich after his ordeal. In fact, he ended up in debt. He insists he "never traded in weapons." Media scoundrels regurgitated official lies with no evidence beyond what prosecutors claim.
Douglas Farah wrote about his case in his book titled, "Merchant of Death." He ran his business legally. Farah, however, repeated prosecutorial lies. In August 2008, he even lied to Congress. Maybe he wanted to sell books and/or cash in by cooperating with authorities.
Ironically, Washington at one time was one of Bout's largest customers. Now they want him imprisoned for life.
He was set up, entrapped, and framed. No legitimate evidence exists against him. Everything claimed was falsified. He was targeted in summer 2004. He operated mostly in Africa and Eurasia. His business dominated his areas of concentration.
The CIA wanted to control arms trafficking on the continent, and monopolize air transport for it. Bout stood in the way. He had to go. The scheme involved transforming a legitimate businessman and US supplier into an illegal arms trafficker and "Lord of War."
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