Operation Merlin operation
also: Merlin
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CIA funded
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“from Risen's book, State of War. The Russian assignment from the CIA as part of Operation Merlin was to pose as an unemployed and greedy scientist who was willing to sell his soul and secrets for an atomic bomb to the highest bidder. By hoo…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner The Great Pretense Part 3 @ 37:26
Jeffrey Sterling exposed
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“The federal grand jury in Virginia found that Sterling was guilty of nine criminal counts relating to charges that he had provided classified information to Risen. During the periods of 2001 to 2006, Risen wrote State of War, including a ch…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner The Great Pretense Part 3 @ 34:43
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Operation Merlin host_asserted
“operational with some flaw built in nuclear plans to Iran, Operation Merlin. Ultimately, the DOJ backed down from calling Rison as a witness as Sterling's trial got underway in mid-January of 2015. Government attorneys argued that Sterling …”
▶ The Colonel's Corner The Great Pretense Part 3 @ 39:56
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was 47 at the time of his sentencing, and was assigned from 1998 to the mid-2000s as an operational unit, to an operational unit that was overseeing Iran's program. It was dubbed Operation Merlin, according to the court documents. The gover…
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Much a mafia as anything else. So did Congress tell the CIA that? And that this whole thing was staged in order to arrest the guy that was a whistleblower? Who knows? The DOJ engaged in a controversial battle across the Bush Jr. and Obama a…
▶ 37:26
from Risen's book, State of War. The Russian assignment from the CIA as part of Operation Merlin was to pose as an unemployed and greedy scientist who was willing to sell his soul and secrets for an atomic bomb to the highest bidder. By hoo…
▶ 38:26
They would certainly find flaws for themselves, and if he didn't tell them first, they would never want to deal with him again. Several former CIA officials say that the theory behind Merlin handing over tainted weapons designs to confound …
▶ 39:23
an enemy accelerate its weapons development program. That may have been exactly what happened with Merlin. So, isn't that weird? That's very weird. Not only do we know that we paid for the Pakistani nuclear program during the 80s with the q…
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operational with some flaw built in nuclear plans to Iran, Operation Merlin. Ultimately, the DOJ backed down from calling Rison as a witness as Sterling's trial got underway in mid-January of 2015. Government attorneys argued that Sterling …