Thursday, March 21, 2019

Jarad Kushner is another A. Q. Kahn. Trump's White House is breaking the law.

On February 4, 2004, (click here) the Pakistani scientist Abdul Qadeer (A.Q.) Khan, then famous for his role in developing Pakistan’s nuclear arsenal, confessed on live television to having illegally proliferated nuclear weapons technology to Iran, Libya, and North Korea over the course of decades. Today Khan is enjoying a resurrection at home, where he is again touted as the “Mohsin e-Pakistan,” or the savior of Pakistan. He appears as the guest of honor at official ceremonies, and last year Sir Syed University of Engineering and Technology declared him a distinguished alumnus in recognition of his “meritorious services and valuable contributions towards scientific research and its practical application for the productive use for mankind.”...

Where do the irresponsible acts of this administration end? Why was there no oversight for two years?

Atomic Energy Act of 1954, As Amended (click here and on page 7)

THERE ARE LAWS!  Trump and his lackeys cannot simply do as they please! Trump's family need to be reviewed by Congress for appropriate security clearance. This is outrageous and two years of free wheeling power has transpired. What a nightmare.

February 19, 2019
By Eric Levitz

The Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (click here) prohibits the export of American nuclear technology without congressional approval. The rationale behind this law is simple: If an American firm sells a foreign regime a nuclear power plant, said regime could plausibly use that technology to advance a nuclear weapons program (if adequate safeguards aren’t in place).

Saudi Arabia is an Islamist autocracy, and an exceptional aggressively and paranoid geopolitical actor. The kingdom has spent much of the past three years organizing a blockade against a U.S. ally, using American-made technology to bomb Yemeni schoolchildren, and engineering a famine in the Middle East’s poorest country.

And yet, high-ranking Trump administration officials have been trying to transfer nuclear technology to the Saudi government — without congressional approval — since the day Donald Trump took office, according to a new report by House Oversight Committee chairman, Democrat Elijah Cummings....

The Saudis got exactly what they wanted. It will be up to the IAEA to be sure it doesn't turn into a weapons program. Trump just handed out technology like candy without any oversight or any legislation from Congress. And with Jared's phone and "WhatsApp" (click here) the entire world now knows all about it.

Trump's idea of saving money is to rid himself of the FBI and simply log on to the internet and find the perfect technology to carry out government secrets. Amazing.

The "WhatsApp" is probably the best tool around for carrying out affairs with Playboy models, but, is hardly the way to discuss nuclear secrets with Saudi Arabia.

January 25, 2019
By Elisabeth Dyck


...The Integrated Nuclear Infrastructure Review (INIR) (click here) mission took place in July 2018 at the invitation of the Government of Saudi Arabia. The mission team reviewed the status of the country’s nuclear power infrastructure development using the Phase 2 criteria based on the IAEA’s Milestones Approach, which provides detailed guidance across three phases (consider, prepare, construct) of programme development.
Mikhail Chudakov, IAEA Deputy Director General and Head of the Department of Nuclear Energy, handed over the report to Dr Khalid Al Sultan, President of the King Abdullah City for Atomic and Renewable Energy (K.A.CARE) on 22 January 2019 in Riyadh.
“As is recognized in the INIR Mission report, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has made significant progress in the development of its nuclear power infrastructure,” said Chudakov. “It has established a legislative framework and carried out comprehensive studies to support the next steps of the programme.” He pointed out that Saudi Arabia has also developed strategic partnerships with countries experienced in the use of nuclear power and is extensively using their technical support....

The lobbyists involved need to be interviewed by the US House to discover exactly what transpired. The lobbyists responsible are David B. Kultgen and Jeffery Merrifield.

...The report alleges Michael Flynn, (click here) while he was national security advisor to Trump’s presidential campaign and transition, and Thomas Barrack, chairman of the Trump Inaugural Committee and friend to the president, were proponents of the IP3 plan since at least the summer of 2015 and into the time Flynn was a White House advisor. Whistleblowers to the House committee were concerned that the plans, and administration officials’ links to them, would violate U.S. law.

Since early 2018, Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Energy, Industry and Natural Resources has employed two U.S. firms to “provide advice and assistance concerning a potential bilateral agreement with the U.S. concerning peaceful uses of nuclear energy,” according to FARA filings and initially reported by Bloomberg.

One firm was the law office of David B. Kultgen, who has a long employment history regarding energy and Saudi Arabia. Kultgen worked for the Arabian American Oil Company and its successor Saudi Arabian Oil Company from 1973 to 2016, retiring as the company’s general counsel and corporate secretary. He registered as a foreign agent for the Ministry of Energy, Industry and Mineral Resources of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on Feb. 20, 2018 for the “provision of legal and consulting services.”...