Centrifuge casings, removed from Libya, in Oak Ridge, Tenn., in 2004. Some officials credited the Tinners with helping end Libya’s bomb program. In Nuclear Net’s Undoing, A Web Of
Shadowy Deals -- New York Times
Shadowy Deals -- New York Times
The president of Switzerland stepped to a podium in Bern last May and read a statement confirming rumors that had swirled through the capital for months. The government, he acknowledged, had indeed destroyed a huge trove of computer files and other material documenting the business dealings of a family of Swiss engineers suspected of helping smuggle nuclear technology to Libya and Iran.
The files were of particular interest not only to Swiss prosecutors but to international atomic inspectors working to unwind the activities of Abdul Qadeer Khan, the Pakistani bomb pioneer-turned-nuclear black marketeer. The Swiss engineers, Friedrich Tinner and his two sons, were accused of having deep associations with Dr. Khan, acting as middlemen in his dealings with rogue nations seeking nuclear equipment and expertise.
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My Comment: Since 9/11, the one big weakness that has been shown in the U.S. military/intelligence community .... is its lack of physical and reliable intelligence assets (i.e. spies) on the ground in areas like Iran, North Korea, Libya, Pakistan .... and (of course) Al Qaeda.
Exposing America's allies and spies will not help this situation.