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2 held in alleged nuke bomb making for Venezuela
msnbc ^
| 9/17/10
| staff
Posted on 09/17/2010 12:04:48 PM PDT by Nachum
WASHINGTON — A scientist and his wife were arrested and indicted on charges of trying to help make a nuclear bomb for Venezuela, the Justice Department announced Friday.
Pedro Leonardo Mascheroni, 75, a naturalized U.S. citizen from Argentina, and Marjorie Roxby Mascheroni, 67, a U.S. citizen, were indicted on Thursday by a federal grand jury.
Both had worked as contractors at the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico, the Justice Department said in a statement.
If convicted of all 22 charges in the indictment, the defendants face a potential sentence of life in prison, the department said.
The U.S. stated that an undercover officer posing as an agent of the Venezuelan government had cultivated ties with the couple over recent years
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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: aircraft; buzz; navy; russian
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posted on
09/17/2010 12:04:55 PM PDT
by
Nachum
To: Nachum
It seems the title and story don’t match.
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posted on
09/17/2010 12:06:12 PM PDT
by
PROCON
(Independence Day + 75, Let's See How Long It Lasts!)
To: Nachum
Was the nuclear scientist also a pilot?
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posted on
09/17/2010 12:06:20 PM PDT
by
DC Bound
(F Government)
To: Nachum
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posted on
09/17/2010 12:06:28 PM PDT
by
DAC21
To: Nachum
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posted on
09/17/2010 12:06:31 PM PDT
by
DAC21
To: Nachum
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posted on
09/17/2010 12:06:34 PM PDT
by
DAC21
To: Nachum
The drapes don't match the carpet.
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posted on
09/17/2010 12:07:34 PM PDT
by
KarlInOhio
(Gun control was originally to protect Klansmen from their victims. The basic reason hasn't changed.)
To: DAC21
This is series! Series X 3?!
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posted on
09/17/2010 12:08:04 PM PDT
by
PROCON
(Independence Day + 75, Let's See How Long It Lasts!)
To: DC Bound
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posted on
09/17/2010 12:08:33 PM PDT
by
exnavy
(May the Lord grant our troops protection and endurance.)
To: KarlInOhio
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posted on
09/17/2010 12:08:48 PM PDT
by
Nachum
(The complete Obama list at www.nachumlist.com)
To: PROCON
Ouch. Copied the the wrong title!
Justice Department indicts scientist and his wife on charges they gave nuclear secrets to Venezuela ...
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posted on
09/17/2010 12:08:54 PM PDT
by
Nachum
(The complete Obama list at www.nachumlist.com)
To: Nachum
"Requesting permission to buzz the tower."
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posted on
09/17/2010 12:09:24 PM PDT
by
ClearCase_guy
(Things will change after the revolution, but not before.)
To: PROCON
Forget it, Jake. It’s MSNBC.
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posted on
09/17/2010 12:09:30 PM PDT
by
fieldmarshaldj
(~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Amber Lamps !"~~)
To: Nachum
2 held in alleged nuke bomb making for Venezuela
That is were the linky takes me Nachum.
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posted on
09/17/2010 12:09:42 PM PDT
by
ColdOne
(November and Beyond! Do not vote for Obama Republicans! Rove who?)
To: Nachum
..... after they buzzed an American Navy ship in an SU-27.
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posted on
09/17/2010 12:10:52 PM PDT
by
Skooz
(Gabba Gabba we accept you we accept you one of us Gabba Gabba we accept you we accept you one of us)
To: ColdOne
I know. A thousand pardons.. (or something)
I am in typo-hell...
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posted on
09/17/2010 12:10:58 PM PDT
by
Nachum
(The complete Obama list at www.nachumlist.com)
To: KarlInOhio
"The drapes don't match the carpet." funniest post in weeks.
To: Nachum
Any relation to all those missing computers?
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posted on
09/17/2010 12:13:44 PM PDT
by
Diogenesis
('Freedom is the right of all sentient beings.' - Optimus Prime)
To: Nachum
No problem, just letting you know! :^))
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posted on
09/17/2010 12:15:28 PM PDT
by
ColdOne
(November and Beyond! Do not vote for Obama Republicans! Rove who?)
To: PROCON
Venezuela tries to set us up the bomb!
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posted on
09/17/2010 12:51:41 PM PDT
by
rahbert
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