SUMMARY:
Three men, Urs, Marco, and Friedrich Tinner, who are being accused of global nuclear smuggling, are expected to avoid having any jail time at all. The plea bargain was decided upon due to the fact that the men allegedly helped the CIA catch those supplying Libya’s atomic weapons.
According to reports, the three men have been actively involved in helping the CIA since 2003. Friedrich has had ties to the atomic supplier, Abdul Qadeer Khan since before 1975, continuing through 1998 when Pakistan dropped its first nuclear bomb.
The Tinners appeared before Switzerland’s Federal Criminal Tribunal on September 26th. No further information of their verdict has been released.
IMPACT:
The impact on this depends on whether or not the three men ended up being found guilty or innocent. If found guilty then obviously they’ll be serving jail time and the impact will be on them and their family. However, if not found guilty, the CIA will be impacted in the way that they will have gotten someone out of serving jail time, simply because of a “favor” that was done for them. The justice system could face some negative impacts due to the fact that guilty people will roam free because of who they know. Or it could go the other way and the justice system will be cracked down on and this will not happen again. Although it is highly unlikely.
OPINION:
Yet another example of just how twisted the CIA is. As long as people help them, justice doesn’t matter. The way I see it is that if someone does something that is obviously illegal, they should have to pay the price for it just like everyone else. I don’t care how much “good” they do in the meantime, the fact of the matter is that they still broke a law and for that, they should be punished. Maybe they ended up getting some jail time and that would make it a little better but not much.
Three men, Urs, Marco, and Friedrich Tinner, who are being accused of global nuclear smuggling, are expected to avoid having any jail time at all. The plea bargain was decided upon due to the fact that the men allegedly helped the CIA catch those supplying Libya’s atomic weapons.
According to reports, the three men have been actively involved in helping the CIA since 2003. Friedrich has had ties to the atomic supplier, Abdul Qadeer Khan since before 1975, continuing through 1998 when Pakistan dropped its first nuclear bomb.
The Tinners appeared before Switzerland’s Federal Criminal Tribunal on September 26th. No further information of their verdict has been released.
IMPACT:
The impact on this depends on whether or not the three men ended up being found guilty or innocent. If found guilty then obviously they’ll be serving jail time and the impact will be on them and their family. However, if not found guilty, the CIA will be impacted in the way that they will have gotten someone out of serving jail time, simply because of a “favor” that was done for them. The justice system could face some negative impacts due to the fact that guilty people will roam free because of who they know. Or it could go the other way and the justice system will be cracked down on and this will not happen again. Although it is highly unlikely.
OPINION:
Yet another example of just how twisted the CIA is. As long as people help them, justice doesn’t matter. The way I see it is that if someone does something that is obviously illegal, they should have to pay the price for it just like everyone else. I don’t care how much “good” they do in the meantime, the fact of the matter is that they still broke a law and for that, they should be punished. Maybe they ended up getting some jail time and that would make it a little better but not much.