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...ISSUE OF IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM WILL COME BEFORE THE SECURITY COUNCIL NEXT MONTH. DO YOU THINK THE DISPUTE CAN BE RESOLVED DIPLOMATICALLY? Sure. I never would have guessed that Libya was prepared to make the calculation that they were safer giving up the pursuit of nuclear weapons than continuing to go after them, and yet they did [give them up]. And that led to substantial progress in the relationship between Libya and the United States. If Libya can do it, Iran can do it too. That's why I say the decision ultimately is largely in their hands...
...later said that Iran might be the only nation in the world that would use a nuclear bomb if it acquired one, and that the former chief Pakistani nuclear scientist, A.Q. Khan, who aided nuclear weapons programs in Iran, North Korea, and Libya, deserved a “Nobel War Prize” and is the “most evil, dangerous person on the face of the Earth today...
Some of the countries listed in that report have longstanding rivalries with the U.S., including Cuba, Iran, Libya, and North Korea. But others on the list, including Israel, are more closely aligned with the U.S. China, India, Iraq, Pakistan, Russia, Sudan, and Syria are also listed in the 2004 report...
...approved my actions," he told TIME. His legal documents, which were obtained by TIME, do not show that the sale of C-4 explosives for which he was charged was CIA approved. There is evidence that the agency in another instance used Wilson to barter weapons or explosives with Libya for Soviet military equipment that the U.S. wanted to study. His lawyers have offered evidence that the agency, among other things, proposed that Wilson use his consulting firm to help transport handguns and submachine guns to Saudi Arabia. They also say it arranged the testing of body armor...
...latest claims are groundless." As with similar cases in the past, the defendants will probably ask for a dismissal on the grounds that they were acting in their official capacities, for which the law provides immunity in certain cases. Some may argue that Wilson's sale of explosives to Libya was illegal, regardless of whether the CIA was involved. But if the case moves forward, it could force into the open thousands of old and secret government records, which would embarrass the CIA all over again...