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Tuesday
Dec042018

Mueller to detail ex-NSA Flynn’s cooperation in Russia probe

As reported by Chad Day of the AP.

Flynn's central involvement in a scheme to work with the Russia nuclear power establishment, to build atomic reactors in the Middle East -- with clear nuclear weapons proliferation risks -- figures prominently in his ongoing scandal. See, for example:

Dec. 7, 2017

Flynn Said Russian Sanctions Would Be ‘Ripped Up,’ Whistle-Blower Says [in order to build atomic reactors in the Middle East]

As reported by the New York Times.

While nuclear greed appears to be the motivation, the end result could be nuclear weapons proliferation in an already very unstable and violent region.

 

June 9, 2017

Michael Flynn, Russia, and a Grand Scheme to Build Nuclear Power Plants in Saudi Arabia and the Arab World

As reported by Jeff Stein in Newsweek. The nuclear weapons proliferation risks -- and thus the risk of nuclear war -- are dire.

 

Feb. 20, 2017

Why Trump might bend nuclear security rules to help Saudi Arabia build reactors in the desert

As reported by Steven Mufson in the Washington Post.