Suitcase Nukes Former FBI consultant Paul L. Williams pieced together the potential for nuclear terrorism in his 2004 book Osama's Revenge. He based his findings on intelligence from US, British, Pakistani and Israeli sources which indicate that tactical nuclear weapons may have been stolen from the Russian arsenal in the chaos following the breakup of the USSR. Williams presents evidence that the "Chechen Mafia" acquired some of these portable nuclear weapons, and then negotiated the sale of 20 of them to representatives of Osama bin Laden.
Have you read the book? I still have my doubts. If Bin Laden had a SINGLE useable nuclear device in the U.S., he'd have used it by now. It just isn't all that easy! I remember all the hoopla about terrorists being able to "build a bomb in a garage using plans and information readily available on the internet" and stolen nuclear materials. That garbage has been circulating for the last twenty years or so. But as I keep pointing out, NO ONE, repeat NO ONE has ever done it. It's been sixty years since Hiroshima. NO NON GOVERNMENTAL GROUP has EVER detonated a nuclear device. Why? Because they CAN'T, that's why.
Well, there were 3 found in US and disabled. Even our government reports its not if its when? There other credible persons in Inteligence and govenment talk about this
It's amazing how much "top secret intelligence" is supposed to be floating around out there. Either: A. It's bullshit. That's what I personally believe. Or B. The "fact" that the world's national security secrets are leaking like a sieve would be an even bigger story than the one being reported. It's great for authors who want to sell books. Claiming that their speculations are really "secret intelligence" makes them seem like insiders with fabulous connections. And the fact that there's no corroborating evidence is neatly explainted by the "fact" that it's all "top secret".
I also think it is A. This is simply rubbish from some ruthless, unscrupulous individual trying to make a buck.
To read more on weapons of mass destruction, including "loose nukes" and damage zones (quite small for man-portable devices) see: U.S. Congress, Office of Technology Assessment, "Technologies Underlying Weapons of Mass Destruction," OTA-BP-ISC-115 (Waskington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, December 1993).
There are numerous industrial sites that have questionable or low security and could easily cause a hefty death toll if struck, so terrorists really do not need to go through the trouble of finding nukes, getting them into the coutry, and then setting them off. There are plenty of targets within our own country. I also agree with the "A" ascertation. I highly doubt that there have been three suitcase nukes intercepted before entering the country. William
