Rumsfeld's ABB (nuke reactors to NoKorea) is sponsoring Frontline-World

[Bozita]

I saw it last night on PBS. Instant shock and awe.

This scares the hell out of me for obvious reasons. Here's the program's webpage:
http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/ Check the right side near the bottom.

For those unaware of ABB, try this:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/korea/article/0,2763,952289,00.html

The two faces of Rumsfeld

2000: director of a company which wins $200m contract to sell nuclear reactors to North Korea

2002: declares North Korea a terrorist state, part of the axis of evil and a target for regime change

Randeep Ramesh
Friday May 9, 2003
The Guardian



Donald Rumsfeld, the US defence secretary, sat on the board of a company which three years ago sold two light water nuclear reactors to North Korea - a country he now regards as part of the "axis of evil" and which has been targeted for regime change by Washington because of its efforts to build nuclear weapons.

Mr Rumsfeld was a non-executive director of ABB, a European engineering giant based in Zurich, when it won a $200m (£125m) contract to provide the design and key components for the reactors. The current defence secretary sat on the board from 1990 to 2001, earning $190,000 a year. He left to join the Bush administration.

The reactor deal was part of President Bill Clinton's policy of persuading the North Korean regime to positively engage with the west.

The sale of the nuclear technology was a high-profile contract. ABB's then chief executive, Goran Lindahl, visited North Korea in November 1999 to announce ABB's "wide-ranging, long-term cooperation agreement" with the communist government.

The company also opened an office in the country's capital, Pyongyang, and the deal was signed a year later in 2000. Despite this, Mr Rumsfeld's office said that the defence secretary did not "recall it being brought before the board at any time".

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[shraby]

1. I found that out when googling

to find connections between the administration and sales of nuclear components. It's in the Sibel Edmonds speaks Farsi threads.

[Bozita]

3. Yes, but they're sponsoring a program hated by Repugs

[napi21]

2. What the hell is a non-executive director?

Boy old Rummy sure has a selective memory, huh? Gotta give him an award for being a silver tounged devil though. He either can't remember, or it's unknown. You realize that we don't know what we don't know we don't know!!!!

[Bozita]

4. I can only guess, but I'm sure it's not very taxing

After all, $190,000/yr doesn't buy what it used to.

[muriel_volestrangler]

5. I think the USA calls them "outside directors" (n/t)