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http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/World/2010/09/18/15396581.htmlAn American nuclear
scientist and his wife face life in prison if convicted of trying to sell atomic bomb-building
secrets to an FBI agent posing as a representative of the Venezuela government
Mascheroni's wife, a U.S. citizen who worked as a technical writer at LANL from 1981 to 2010, also had access to restricted data, the justice department said.
According to the indictment, Mascheroni had a series of conversations in March 2008 with an undercover FBI agent posing as a Venezuelan government official.
During these conversations, Mascheroni discussed his program for developing nuclear weapons for Venezuela.
Among other things, Mascheroni allegedly said he could help Venezuela develop a nuclear bomb within 10 years and that, under his program, Venezuela would use a secret, underground nuclear reactor to produce and enrich plutonium, and an open, above-ground reactor to produce nuclear energy
Thank you, dotr. IMO that news item will bear watching to see what develops. Sounds like another stick, real or made up, to beat Venezuela with.
I've studied a lot about the history of those known as G-Men. It's true they've done a lot of good work, but they also have a lot of dirt under their lumpy carpet. As for the department referenced, true justice seldom visits there anymore, as can be evidenced by their products during the last 10 years. (IMO).