Man Is Freed In Swiss Probe Of Nuclear Ring

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Source: Washington Post

Man Is Freed In Swiss Probe Of Nuclear Ring

Associated Press
Monday, December 29, 2008; Page A12

GENEVA, Dec. 28 -- A Swiss man suspected of involvement in the world's biggest nuclear smuggling ring has been released from prison after more than four years of investigative detention, his family said Sunday.

Urs Tinner, 43, was freed several days ago, his mother, Hedwig Tinner, said by telephone from eastern Switzerland.

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The Swiss Supreme Court had rejected previous requests for their release but told investigators in August to consider -- "within months" -- whether to set Urs and Marco Tinner free pending a possible trial.

The brothers, along with their father, Friedrich, are suspected of supplying the clandestine network of Abdul Qadeer Khan, creator of Pakistan's atomic bomb, with technical know-how and equipment that was used to make gas centrifuges. Khan sold the centrifuges to countries with secret nuclear weapons programs, including Libya and Iran, before his operation was disrupted in 2003.

Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/28/AR2008122801934.html

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1. It wasn't Khan who sold the technology...

it was Musharraf and Pakistani ISI. How could a lone scientist working in a top secret facility and whose every move was watched could create a clandestine supply operation without the express knowledge of Musharraf and the ISI?

Why wouldn't Pakistan hand over Khan for international interrogation if he was acting alone?

It is about time the world stops propagating this charade of how AQ Khan acted alone and let Pakistan off the hook.

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2. The Swiss have struggled to piece together the network.... hmmmm

Take it to Hollywood.

This guy is getting released four weeks away from the Cheney descent (we hope he'll go).

For starters, does anyone think that Pakistan sold/gave/traded anything without U.S. involvement?