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Demeter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-19-08 04:24 AM
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Sibel Edmonds Case: Nukes for sale (Pt 2) By Luke Ryland
http://www.opednews.com/articles/genera_luke_ryl_080118_sibel_edmonds_case_3a_.htm



In a blockbuster article two weeks ago, the UK's Sunday Times described how a criminal network of Turkish, Israeli, Pakistani and American diplomats and officials conspired to steal nuclear secrets and sell them to the highest bidder in the nuclear black market.

The article, based primarily on the case of former FBI translator Sibel Edmonds, noted that:


"The wider nuclear network has been monitored for many years by a joint Anglo-American intelligence effort. But rather than shut it down, investigations by law enforcement bodies such as the FBI and Britain's Revenue & Customs have been aborted to preserve diplomatic relations."


The decisions to preserve those "diplomatic relations" - Pakistan, Turkey and Israel - were made by people within the US Government who happened to be personally profiting from those same relationships.

In this post, I'll discuss two other dimensions of the network that the Times article didn't cover:
a) The use of Turkish front groups to supply nuclear hardware to the network
b) The extraordinary legal steps the US and UK governments have used to hide their guilt


...In the US, we've recently seen the State Secrets card played to cover up illegal spying, torture, and any number of other crimes - including complicity in the spread of nuclear weapons to our purported enemies.






Authors Website: http://lukery.blogspot.com/

Authors Bio: Luke Ryland is a blogger with a particular interest in Sibel Edmonds' case.

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AlertLurker Donating Member (877 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-19-08 09:31 AM
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1. You are never going to be able to read word one about this in the USA.
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Demeter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-19-08 12:18 PM
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2. We Are a "News Free" Zone: All Gossip All the Time
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