How Putin’s Russia Gained Control of a U.S. Uranium Mine: Hillary approved it after donation

[Cheese Sandwich]

Since 2013, the nuclear energy arm of the Russian state has controlled 20 percent of America’s uranium production capacity.

Rosatom’s acquisition of Toronto-based miner Uranium One Inc. made the Russian agency, which also builds nuclear weapons, one the world’s top five producers of the radioactive metal and gave it ownership of a mine in Wyoming.

The deal, approved by a committee that included then Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, also followed donations from Uranium One’s Canadian chairman to the Clinton Global Foundation, the New York Times reported on Thursday.

In an interview with Bloomberg News, Ian Telfer, the former Uranium One chairman and current chairman of Goldcorp Inc., said he pledged a donation of $3 million to the Clinton charity in March 2008, “when it was never contemplated that at some point in the future the Russian government would become a major shareholder of Uranium One.”
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more: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-04-23/how-putin-s-russia-gained-control-of-a-u-s-uranium-mine

[yourpaljoey]

1. Sounds like felonious activity

[peacebird]

2. Clintons & Corruption. Two peas in a pod.

[Gwhittey]

3. But

Sanders did same thing when he was Sec of State...

[rhett o rick]

6. Only a lot worse. Don't forget she is tough. nm

[NWCorona]

4. Always the foundation!

It's a good thing the FBI was the server's

[SamKnause]

5. There is absolutely nothing their grimy finger prints aren't on.

[XRubicon]

7. I heard Hillary was mean to a kitten once too...

Yeah... that's bad. very bad. she is bad... don't vote for her. You'll be sorry...

Here's a "independent" Democrat you can vote for...

[AZ Progressive]

8. Hillary will be slaughtered in the General Election if she makes it there

Unless of course the Republican lords think that Hillary is better than Trump.

Nevertheless, Republican voters will be super energized to vote against Hillary as much as for Trump.

[Cheese Sandwich]

12. Most Americans will reject the idea of turning US uranium mines over to Russia

It sounds absolutely horrible

[AZ Progressive]

9. Republicans will be glad to have Hillary make George W Bush look not so corrupt anymore

Democrats will never again be able to accuse Republicans of being the extremely corrupt party.

[nichomachus]

10. You say "foundation,"

I say "money laundering."

[Cheese Sandwich]

11. It seems beyond sleazy to me

[Amishman]

13. Do we have a realistic list of these suspicious deals anywhere?

I keep hearing about this one, and the Saudi arms deal and donation over and over again.

Are there more?

[Rosa Luxemburg]

14. I guess the Clinton campaign will spin this as another coincidence?