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INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES HAVE EFFECTIVELY STOPPED TERRORIST
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| INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES HAVE EFFECTIVELY STOPPED TERRORIST OPERATIONS. John Mueller 2009 (Woody Hayes Chair of National Security Studies, Mershon Center Professor of Political Science, "The Atomic Terrorist" commissioned by the International Commission on Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Terrorism, April 30, http://www.icnnd.org/research/Mueller_Terrorism.pdf There could be some danger that terrorists would be aided by private (or semiprivate) profiteers, like the network established by Pakistani scientist A. Q. Khan. However, Khans activities were easily penetrated by intelligence agencies (the CIA, it is very likely, had agents within the network, and the operation was abruptly closed down when it seemed to be the right time Moreover, the aid he tendered was entirely to states with return addresses whose chief aim in possessing nuclear weapons would be to deter or to gain prestige--he did not aid stateless terrorist groups whose goal presumably would be actually to set the weapons off. In addition, al- Qaeda is unlikely to be trusted by just about anyone. As one observer has pointed out, the terrorist groups explicit enemies list includes not only Christians and Jews, but all Middle Eastern regimes Muslims who donʼt share its views most Western countries the governments of India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Russia most news organizations the United Nations and international NGOs. Most of the time it didnʼt get along all that well even with its host in Afghanistan, the Taliban government 10NFL1-Nuclear Weapons Page 172 of 199 www.victorybriefs.com Download 1.23 Mb. Share with your friends:
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