{"id":92737,"date":"2018-01-15T15:05:46","date_gmt":"2018-01-15T19:05:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=92737"},"modified":"2018-01-15T15:05:46","modified_gmt":"2018-01-15T19:05:46","slug":"doj-unseals-indictment-involving-uranium-one-scandal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=92737","title":{"rendered":"DOJ Unseals Indictment Involving Uranium One Scandal"},"content":{"rendered":"

ZeroHedge.com<\/p>\n

The Department of Justice unsealed\u00a0an\u00a011-count indictment\u00a0<\/a>on Friday to a former DoD intelligence analyst-turned uranium transportation executive\u00a0who stands\u00a0accused of a bribery and money laundering scheme involving a Russian nuclear official connected to the Uranium One deal.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

The indictment corroborates a November report by\u00a0The Hill<\/em>\u00a0that an FBI mole deeply embedded in the Russian uranium industry had gathered extensive evidence of the scheme.<\/p>\n

Mark Lambert, 54, of Mount Airy, Maryland, was charged with\u00a0one count of conspiracy to violate the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) and to commit wire fraud, seven counts of violating the FCPA, two counts of wire fraud and one count of international promotion money laundering.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The charges stem from an alleged scheme to bribe\u00a0Vadim Mikerin<\/a>, a Russian official at\u00a0JSC Techsnabexport (TENEX), a subsidiary of Russia\u2019s State Atomic Energy Corporation and the sole supplier and exporter of Russian Federation uranium and uranium enrichment services to nuclear power companies worldwide, in order to secure contracts with TENEX.<\/p>\n

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According to the indictment, beginning at least as early as 2009 and continuing until October 2014,\u00a0Lambert conspired with others at \u201cTransportation Corporation A\u201d to make corrupt and fraudulent bribery and kickback payments to offshore bank accounts associated with shell companies,\u00a0at the direction of<\/em>, and for the benefit of, a Russian official, Vadim Mikerin, in order to secure improper business advantages and obtain and retain business with TENEX.\u00a0<\/strong>–DOJ<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

While the indictment lists Lambert’s company as “Transportation Corporation A,” a\u00a0simple search reveals that\u00a0Lambert is the co-President of DAHER-<\/strong>TLI,\u00a0<\/strong>“the leading front end freight forwarding company dedicated to Nuclear Cargo,” according to its\u00a0website<\/a>.<\/b><\/p>\n

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In 2012, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission\u00a0sent a letter<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0to Lambert with findings that TLI had exported plutonium “in excess of the maximum quantity and type applied for and licensed,” and “exported Australian obligated material, which was not authorized under license conditions.”<\/p>\n

Prior to his 26 year tenure in the transportation industry – 20 of which have been with TLI,\u00a0Mr.\u00a0Lambert was an Arabic Linguist for the Navy for five years, and a Senior Intel Analyst for the Department of Defense<\/strong>\u00a0(DoD) for three years.<\/p>\n

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Lambert also speaks fluent Arabic and Farsi (Persian), along with French and Italian.<\/p>\n

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The indictment against Lambert\u00a0corroborates prior reporting by\u00a0The Hill<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0<\/em>that\u00a0an FBI mole buried deep within the Russian nuclear industry had\u00a0gathered extensive evidence of a scheme involving\u00a0bribes and kickbacks between Russian nuclear officials and TLI\u00a0<\/strong>–\u00a0which would have\u00a0transported the U.S. uranium sold to Russia in the \u201920 percent\u2019 Uranium One deal.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cThe Russians were compromising American contractors in the nuclear industry with kickbacks and extortion threats, all of which raised legitimate national security concerns.\u00a0And\u00a0none of that evidence got aired before the Obama administration made those decisions<\/strong>,\u201d a person who worked on the case told The Hill, speaking on condition of anonymity for fear of retribution by U.S. or Russian officials.”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

http:\/\/youtu.be\/cO0Lh8gOu5Q<\/p>\n

Based on what the FBI knew \u2013 including evidence which purportedly includes a video of Russians preparing\u00a0briefcases of bribe money<\/a><\/em><\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0the Uranium One deal never should have gone through.\u00a0<\/strong>Moreover, both Robert Mueller and current deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein were directly involved \u2013 and current Attorney General Jeff Sessions and other Justice Department officials appear to be covering for them.<\/p>\n

In short,\u00a0the FBI had ample evidence of the Russian bribery plot\u00a0before\u00a0the Obama administration approved the Uranium One deal thanks to their embedded mole in the Russian nuclear industry.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

The\u00a0informant \u2013 outed as energy consultant William Campbell\u00a0– was \u201cthreatened<\/a>\u201d by Obama admin AG Loretta Lynch to keep quiet with an iron-clad gag order, according to his attorney \u2013 former Reagan Justice Dept. official and former Chief Counsel to the Senate Intelligence Committee Victoria Toensing. After Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-VA) demanded Campbell be allowed to testify in front of Congress, the gag order was lifted.<\/p>\n

Attorney General Jeff Sessions\u00a0<\/strong>originally tried to claim that there was no connection between Uranium One and the nuclear transport bribery case, however\u00a0several congressional republicans pushed back:<\/p>\n

\u201cAttorney General Sessions seemed to say that the bribery, racketeering and money laundering offenses involving Tenex\u2019s Vadim Mikerin occurred after the approval of the Uranium One deal by the Obama administration. But we know that the FBI\u2019s confidential informant was actively compiling incriminating evidence as far back as 2009<\/strong>,\u201d\u00a0Rep. Ron DeSantis, (R-Fla.) told The Hill.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is\u00a0hard to fathom how such a transaction could have been approved without the existence of the underlying corruption being disclosed<\/strong>.\u00a0I hope AG Sessions gets briefed about the CI and gives the Uranium One case the scrutiny it deserves,\u201d added DeSantis, whose House Oversight and Government Reform subcommittees is one of the investigating panels.<\/p>\n

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) sent a similar rebuke last week to Rosenstein, saying the deputy attorney general\u2019s first response to the committee \u201clargely missed the point\u201d of the congressional investigations.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe essential question is whether the Obama Justice Department provided notice of the criminal activity of certain officials before the CFIUS approval of the Uranium One deal and other government decisions that enabled the Russians to trade nuclear materials in the U.S<\/strong>,\u201d\u00a0Grassley scolded.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Meanwhile,<\/strong>\u00a0journalists John Solomon and journalist Sara Carter claim to\u00a0have copies of the FBI informant\u2019s evidence<\/strong>, while Carter issued an\u00a0explosive report<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>in late November laying out the players, the timeline, and the evidence at hand.<\/p>\n

\u201cBy the time the sale of Uranium One was approved by the Obama Administration, the FBI\u2019s investigators had already gathered substantial evidence and the bureau was also aware of Russia\u2019s intentions to enter the U.S. energy market and its desire to purchase a stake in American uranium,<\/strong>\u201d Carter writes.<\/p>\n

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