Do Russian Uranium Deals Threaten World Supply Security?

Lasrick writes: A recent article in the New York Times notes that the Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom and associated firms are gaining control of a growing number of uranium resources and mining operations. The article, headlined Cash Flowed to Clinton Foundation Amid Russian Uranium Deal focuses on donations to charities connected to former US President Bill Clinton and his family, made by businessmen who stood to profit from the sale of Uranium One, a Canadian company with worldwide uranium-mining interests. But a major premise of the article is that Russian uranium control threatens the security of the global uranium supply. Steve Fetter and Erich Schneider demolish the idea that Russian control of uranium stocks is a threat to global security.

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Political hit job

[benjfowler]

Smells like somebody's trying to Swiftboat the Clintons. I wonder who bankrolled this, and who stands to benefit?

Re:The issue is less that and more about corruptio

[Karmashock]

You're right, I misread the date. They have covered for her however in many different instances so I simply assumed that would be more of the same. Furthermore, what would actually be released is questionable. There is a lot of stall tactics and goal post moving on on with that sort of stuff. You ask for something, they delay six months, then give you something other than what you asked for... you say "where is the thing I asked for" and they say "oh you meant that other thing... that will be another six months"... rinse and repeat. In anything but a major branch of the federal government that sort of behavior would get fines leived so stiff that the political establishment would just comply out of self preservation. But the federal government doesn't really have to... I mean, what are you going to do to them? What if they just stone wall and stall?

There is a long list of issues that she's going to have to deal with... There was the non-disclosure agreement which she was supposed to sign which she didn't... lots of misinformation around the whole Benghazi situation. The email server she kept to avoid congressional audits is a problem. That she deleted the emails prior to handing over information is a problem. That she maintained multiple email accounts which were not declared is a problem.The whole thing about her using mercenaries to do intelligence work is just bizarre. There is the whole crazy situation with the Russian uranium mine purchase. There is the stuff with her brother getting some interest in a Haitian gold mine for no apparent reason. There is the seeming quid pro quo between her state department doing something nice for foreign interests and then Bill getting a speaking gig for hundreds of thousands of dollars. Etc.

There's a long list of stuff. You can't blow it all off with credibility.