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The FBI had an undercover informant inside the Russian energy industry......and this man highlighted the efforts obama went to to help the Russians...
Despite these troublesome dealings with American adversaries, Putin was able to convince the Obama administration that Russia was America’s friend. Putin was somehow able to extract concessions from Obama for both Russia and Putin’s friends in Iran and Syria.
Not only did Putin win considerable nuclear concessions from Obama (Uranium One, the 123 Agreement, New START, and other nuclear agreements), he also got help from Obama in the military space as well — particularly bolstering Russia’s cyber capabilities.
The potential damage to America’s national security as a result of Obama’s “Russian reset” was incalculable.
Putin’s successful cornering of the global uranium market was entirely predictable, driven by his quest to restore the Russian empire and turn the post-Soviet rubble into a great power. It was the culmination of his entire career, which has made him a highly disciplined, focused wielder of power.
And the FBI was aware of Putin's intention and plans because it had its own undercover operative inside Rosatom informing for the bureau.
A few days after the operative, Williams Douglas Campbell, delivered a suitcase full of money to Russian nuclear executive Vadim Mikerin as agents recorded the kickback, Campbell was invited by the Russians to the swanky Morton’s steakhouse in the Washington suburb of Chevy Chase, Md.
Campbell’s role was twofold: host the vodka-laden steak dinner and pick up the $700 tab. The date was October 19, 2010. The Russians were already aware that Uranium One was about to be approved and were planning a party to celebrate the opening of the suburban Washington office of Tenam, their new American subsidiary.
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The rowdy guests gleefully boasted about how easy it had been for Rosatom to win concessions from the Obama administration, including lifting a regulatory suspension at the Commerce Department that allowed Tenex to receive billions in U.S. nuclear fuel contracts and the approval of the Uranium One sale.
Campbell would later recount to congressional investigators how he kept a straight face that night, but winced when he heard his Russian guests deride President Obama with the nickname “Bongo-Bongo,” a clear racial epithet, and mock his government for its giveaways to Putin.
The Russians boasted “how weak the U.S. government was in giving away uranium business and were confident that Russia would secure the strategic advantage it was seeking in the U.S. uranium market,” Campbell told lawmakers in a 2018 statement.
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Campbell became disillusioned, a feeling that only worsened as his undercover work dragged on, with no certainty that Russia’s bad behavior would be punished.
“I was frustrated watching the U.S. government make numerous decisions benefiting Rosatom and Tenex while those entities were engaged in serious criminal conduct on U.S. soil,” his statement to Congress recounted. “Tenex and Rosatom were raking in billions of U.S. dollars by signing contracts with American nuclear utility clients at the same time they were indulging in extortion by using threats to get bribes and kickbacks, with a portion going to Russia for high ranking officials.”
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Despite these troublesome dealings with American adversaries, Putin was able to convince the Obama administration that Russia was America’s friend. Putin was somehow able to extract concessions from Obama for both Russia and Putin’s friends in Iran and Syria.
Not only did Putin win considerable nuclear concessions from Obama (Uranium One, the 123 Agreement, New START, and other nuclear agreements), he also got help from Obama in the military space as well — particularly bolstering Russia’s cyber capabilities.
The potential damage to America’s national security as a result of Obama’s “Russian reset” was incalculable.
Putin’s successful cornering of the global uranium market was entirely predictable, driven by his quest to restore the Russian empire and turn the post-Soviet rubble into a great power. It was the culmination of his entire career, which has made him a highly disciplined, focused wielder of power.
And the FBI was aware of Putin's intention and plans because it had its own undercover operative inside Rosatom informing for the bureau.
A few days after the operative, Williams Douglas Campbell, delivered a suitcase full of money to Russian nuclear executive Vadim Mikerin as agents recorded the kickback, Campbell was invited by the Russians to the swanky Morton’s steakhouse in the Washington suburb of Chevy Chase, Md.
Campbell’s role was twofold: host the vodka-laden steak dinner and pick up the $700 tab. The date was October 19, 2010. The Russians were already aware that Uranium One was about to be approved and were planning a party to celebrate the opening of the suburban Washington office of Tenam, their new American subsidiary.
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The rowdy guests gleefully boasted about how easy it had been for Rosatom to win concessions from the Obama administration, including lifting a regulatory suspension at the Commerce Department that allowed Tenex to receive billions in U.S. nuclear fuel contracts and the approval of the Uranium One sale.
Campbell would later recount to congressional investigators how he kept a straight face that night, but winced when he heard his Russian guests deride President Obama with the nickname “Bongo-Bongo,” a clear racial epithet, and mock his government for its giveaways to Putin.
The Russians boasted “how weak the U.S. government was in giving away uranium business and were confident that Russia would secure the strategic advantage it was seeking in the U.S. uranium market,” Campbell told lawmakers in a 2018 statement.
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Campbell became disillusioned, a feeling that only worsened as his undercover work dragged on, with no certainty that Russia’s bad behavior would be punished.
“I was frustrated watching the U.S. government make numerous decisions benefiting Rosatom and Tenex while those entities were engaged in serious criminal conduct on U.S. soil,” his statement to Congress recounted. “Tenex and Rosatom were raking in billions of U.S. dollars by signing contracts with American nuclear utility clients at the same time they were indulging in extortion by using threats to get bribes and kickbacks, with a portion going to Russia for high ranking officials.”
How Obama, Biden and Clinton helped Russia's Putin weaponize energy
Russians secretly mocked Obama for so easily giving them American uranium, nuclear fuel contracts and technology, FBI informant reveals in excerpts from the new book "Fallout: Nuclear Bribes, Russian Spies and the Washington Lies that Enriched the Clinton and Biden Dynasties."
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