Whistleblowers: White House Transferring Nuclear Tech to Saudi Arabia

Man, if true, this would be real bad

 

Impossible, Trump said he’s cleaning up the swamp and anti establishment....

 

Pretty much any admin will sell arms to the Saudis.

Maybe not as blatantly as this one or as openly right after the murder of a journalist/dissident.

But that's one of the levers if/when Iran becomes nuclear. Open secret.

Saudis-r-r-friends.

BFF

 

Big if true.

 

After reading the thread on the india/Pakistan tension, I read a little bit about how Pakistan got into the nuclear field (for energy, not weaponized, originally). We and Canada, among others helped them on their way.

 

this is the real national emergency.

 

Ho hum. another day with the buffoon in charge.

 

And it was a mistake, in my opinion. This news about the trump administration wanting to give Saudi Arabia highly sensitive nuclear technology is wildly irresponsible, if true. If it is true, some people in the administration should be going to jail, in my opinion. This is from the BBC:

The US is rushing to transfer sensitive nuclear power technology to Saudi Arabia, according to a new congressional report.

A Democratic-led House panel has launched an inquiry over concerns about the White House plan to build nuclear reactors across the kingdom.

Whistleblowers told the panel it could destabilise the Middle East by boosting nuclear weapons proliferation.

Firms linked to the president have reportedly pushed for these transfers.

The House of Representatives' Oversight Committee report notes that an inquiry into the matter is "particularly critical because the Administration's efforts to transfer sensitive US nuclear technology to Saudi Arabia appear to be ongoing".

President Donald Trump met nuclear power developers at the White House on 12 February to discuss building plants in Middle Eastern nations, including Saudi Arabia.

And Mr Trump's son-in-law, White House adviser Jared Kushner, will be touring the Middle East this month to discuss the economics of the Trump administration's peace plan.

Saudi Arabia has said it wants nuclear power in order to diversify its energy sources and help address growing energy needs.

But concerns around rival Iran developing nuclear technology are also at play, according to US media.
Previous negotiations for US nuclear technology ended after Saudi Arabia refused to agree to safeguards against using the tech for weaponry, but the Trump administration may not see these safeguards as mandatory, ProPublica reported.

Critics say giving Saudi Arabia access to US nuclear technology would spark a dangerous arms race in the volatile region.

The House report is based on whistleblower accounts and documents showing communications between Trump administration officials and nuclear power companies.

It states that "within the US, strong private commercial interests have been pressing aggressively for the transfer of highly sensitive nuclear technology to Saudi Arabia".

These commercial entities could "reap billions of dollars through contracts associated with constructing and operating nuclear facilities in Saudi Arabia".

Mr Trump is reportedly "directly engaged in the effort". The White House has yet to comment on the report.

The report includes a timeline of events and names other administration officials who have been involved with the matter, including Energy Secretary Rick Perry, Mr Kushner, Mr Trump's inaugural committee chairman Tom Barrack and former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn.

Flynn was found guilty of lying about Russian contacts by special counsel Robert Mueller as a part of the inquiry into alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election.

The commercial entities mentioned in the report are:

• IP3 International, a private company led by ex-military officers and security officials that organised a group of US companies to build "dozens of nuclear power plants" in Saudi Arabia
• ACU Strategic Partners, a nuclear power consultancy led by British-American Alex Copson
• Colony NorthStar, Mr Barrack's real estate investment firm
• Flynn Intel Group, a consultancy and lobby set up by Michael Flynn

BBC.com

 

It is a sad day for our nation when this kind of thing is possible. There is so much wrong with it.

 

Nuclear tech? Is that specifically nuclear weapons? What systems?

If WMDs, then this is a huge screw up. I am suspicious when I see vague terms like nuclear "tech."

Either way, whatever it is, it should be done legally and I don't like the idea of helping a country so prone to human rights violations. No way.

 

Is this part of the GND?

 

- 9/11 hijackers saudi arabian, fight against wmds
- give wmds to saudi arabians

Circle of life!

 

Any surprise that michael flynn (former national security adviser to trump, charged with lying to congress re: russia dealings) and tom barrack (close trump friend, chairman of trump inauguration, has been a middleman between trump and middle east, and interviewed by Mueller re: russia and financial dealings) are the two behind this?

Flynn-backed plan to transfer nuclear tech to Saudis may have broken laws, say whistleblowers
Investigators fear President Trump is still considering the plan, which was pushed by Flynn and Trump friend Tom Barrack.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/co...s-may-have-broken-n973021?cid=sm_npd_nn_tw_ma

 

This should be wildly unpopular with pretty much everyone but something tells me they'll find a way to justify it. Insanity.

 

Been the same line since weapons tech started being sold - "Keep your friends close and enemies closer. By providing unstable regimes with firepower, we're making money for our people and keeping down insurgencies. "
Always backfires when you base a large part of your own economy on selling violence.

 

That's definitely the pattern, but this one is particularly egregious. Saudi Arabia will be in financial trouble within 5 years, and the ruling family continues to (rightfully) snatch goodies away from their religious partners, many of whom are fuming internally. The timing of this news - though I'm totally aware the media and different factions of the government make stuff up about Trump sometimes - is really, really bad.

 

Will they really? From what I hear, Saudi and the UAE have done a good enough job at diversifying from their oil assets, including a transition to renewables. The ME won't be the bottomless pit of money it once was, but they were never expecting to. Much easier to manage countries with smaller populations. You'll never have a religious revolt in a well financed country because it is never as important as people being able to feed their families.