Word: supnick
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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...said Supnick. The devices would explode at sea level. Of course, he added, they would not work at higher levels...
...cafe of the Cavendish hotel on London's Jermyn Street. On one side of the table sat Daghir, Jeanine Speckman and two men introduced as Iraqi government engineers. On the other side sat Kowalsky and his manager for finance and export, "Daniel Saunders." But Saunders was actually Daniel Supnick, 38, a U.S. Customs agent...
Boasting that CSI could modify the capacitors to fit Iraq's precise requirements, Supnick asked why the devices were needed. General laser research, said the engineers. Fine, said Supnick. CSI would produce capacitors that work beautifully in lasers. Of course, he added, they wouldn't work anywhere else...
Fine, said Supnick. At what altitude should they detonate...
Pause. More conferring in Arabic, and as the meeting wore on, the Iraqis kept changing the specs until they fitted those of a nuclear warhead detonation capacitor. But Supnick informed them that the U.S. Government would not license the capacitors for export if the true destination, Baghdad, were revealed. The Iraqis' solution: the shipment would be described as parts for "computer-room air conditioners...