Iran Says It Has Arrested a Nuclear Spy

[DoYouEverWonder]

January 9, 2007

TEHRAN, Iran -- Iran said Tuesday it has arrested a man on suspicion of selling nuclear secrets to an exiled Iranian opposition group, state radio reported.

The report didn't identify the suspected spy, but said he had been working at the Iranian Parliament's Research Center, an organization that advises lawmakers on foreign and strategic issues.

"The man transferred classified information, including a bulletin on nuclear activities, to the hypocrites," state radio said, referring to the People's Mujahedeen of Iran.

The Paris-based group, regarded as a terrorist organization by the United States, has frequently made accusations about Iran's nuclear activities, reporting on what it says is secret information received from insiders in Iran.

http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/world/wire/sns-ap-iran-nuclear-spy,0,2392023.story?coll=sns-ap-world-headlines

[Gman]

1. Probably had Cheney's cell phone number

in his pocket.

[blm]

2. *spit take*

Gonna take awhile to recover from that one. ;)

[Poll_Blind]

3. 10 years on US terror list, US decides not to prosecute group in article (MORE!)

U.S. Sees No Basis to Prosecute Iranian Opposition 'Terror' Group Being Held in Iraq from 2004:

A 16-month review by the United States has found no basis to charge members of an Iranian opposition group in Iraq with violations of American law, though the group is listed as a terrorist organization by the United States government, according to senior American officials.

The case of the group, the People's Mujahedeen of Iran, or Mujahedeen Khalq, whose camp was bombed by the United States military in April 2003, has been watched closely as an important test of the Bush administration's policy toward terrorism and toward Iran.

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But in the memorandum, General Miller struck a warm tone, saying he was "writing to congratulate each individual living in Camp Ashraf" on their status. Senior American officials said it that was still possible that some members of the group might be charged with crimes in European countries, but that they did not expect any of them to be charged in American courts.

"A member of a terrorist organization is not necessarily a terrorist," a senior American official said. "To take action against somebody, you have to demonstrate that they have done something."

  More HERE.

PB

[blm]

4. Go figure.

Keeping the sanctioned terrorists straight from the ones you don't control must get confusing for even BushInc, even though they have DECADES of practice at it.