Gertz: China ships North Korea ingredient for nuclear arms

Washington Times via Drudge ^ | 17 December 2002 | Bill Gertz

[flamefront]

North Korea has purchased a large shipment of chemicals from China that can be used to make nuclear-weapons fuel, U.S. intelligence officials say.

North Korean procurement agents succeeded in buying 20 tons of tributyl phosphate, known as TBP, a key chemical used to extract material for nuclear bombs from spent nuclear fuel, said officials familiar with intelligence reports of the transfer.

[FreeSpeechZone]

Follow the Lobbyistes,Money right to congress and IPO

[FreeSpeechZone]

there is no free trade ,its just word for proganda

[flamefront]

Exactly. Thanks for your perspective. Gertz has worked for years on developing his internal contacts that few others can rival.

[DoctorMichael]

To: flamefront...................and a Bump back at ya, Sir. ;-)

To All: Soooooooooooooooooooo....................if there is ANY bias in the selection of topics that Gertz chooses, it is NOT his.

It is the bias of the US military and the intelligence community.

...................and thank God for that!

..................and iffin' ya don't like it, then go back ta where ya came from.

[HighRoadToChina]

"Gertz seems to be a writer with an agenda of writing bad things about China."

Gertz is a great reporter who is not afraid to dig into what is going on in China--and report it. Unlike your typical PC reporter who cares more for how he/she is going to be treated, Bill tells it as it is.

"The above quote is pure speculation and conclusion without substantiating facts by the author. In fact, he later quotes Fleisher as saying that the administration believes the opposite is true."

Need to read his "The China Threat" to get all the substantiating facts and details. It's Fleisher's job to spin it pro-PRC, as the Bush Admin is for better relations with China. One is a spokesperson and the other is a reporter.

[CobaltBlue]

>>Gertz seems to be a writer with an agenda of writing bad things about China.<<

Gertz has a connection high up in the Pentagon, or some other intelligence agency, and gets leaked stories at least a day before anybody else, when it suits the purposes of the leaker.

When he reports one of these stories, you're going to hear a lot more about it in the next news cycle.

This dates at least as far back as the Clinton Administration, to my knowledge.

[WatchNKorea]

You'll like this; I got through to C-Span this morning:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/807693/posts

[American in Israel]

If a Korean Mushroom sprouts over LA Bejing needs to glow in the dark in return. Mix in a little cobalt for flavor.

[batter]

Here is an excellent analytical article on the same subject:
CHINA OPENS PANDORA'S NUCLEAR BOX

[Tailgunner Joe]