[WALLACE212]

You hit the nail right on the head. For all the "Russia is our friend now" crowd, consider this... what if they allowed it to be stolen? Very convenient to have a few Islamic radicals to take the fall, popping off a nuke on US soil and being completely detached from the op itself. Cause Russia has never used a surrogate state/ group/ individual to do their dirty work for them. They don't mind the US being the "only" superpower left, no not at all...

[LouD]

what if they allowed it to be stolen?

An interesting premise - However, the Russians have as much (or more) to fear from Islamic radicals as we do. I do not believe that they Russian government would willingly relinquish positive control of weapons material for that reason, not because I believe that they can be trusted to be responsive to U.S. security concerns.