Never in my life have I encountered such a concentration of ignorant and ill informed people such as I have here.
Hillary Clinton did not approve the sale of uranium to Russia. She sat on a committee which did not approve it either. That committee neither had the power to approve nor to veto. It merely made recommendations. The President and only the President than had the power to make the final decision.
Here are the members of the committee as listed on the Treasury Department website:
Department of the Treasury (Chair)
Department of Justice
Department of Homeland Security
Department of Commerce
Department of Defense
Department of State
Department of Energy
Office of US Trade Representative
Office of Science and Technology Policy
In addition there are five governmental bodies who act as observers and participate as appropriate.
It is important to note that Hillary Clinton did not personally participate in discussions of this matter. Then-Assistant Secretary of State Jose Fernandez, whose job it was to represent the State Dept. on CFIUS, said Clinton herself “never intervened” in committee*matters.
It is also false that Russia controls 20% of our Uranium stockpile. It controls the company that owns 20%-if that is an accurate number. But even that company does not control the Uranium. It can not ship it out of the country. And it must follow strict guidelines and regulations in handling the Uranium.
From the Nuclear Regulatory Commission:
NRC’s review of the transfer of control request determined that the U.S. subsidiaries will
remain the licensees, will remain qualified to conduct the uranium recovery operations, and will continue to have the equipment, facilities, and procedures necessary to protect public health and safety and to minimize danger to life or property. The review also determined that the licensees will maintain adequate financial surety for eventual decommissioning of the sites. Neither Uranium One nor ARMZ holds an NRC export license, so no uranium produced at either facility may be exported.
Now to today's nonsense as posted by Clocker.
Update
On 17 October 2017, The Hill reported obtaining evidence that Vadim Mikerin, a Russian official who oversaw the American operations of the Russian nuclear agency Rosatom, was being investigated for corruption by multiple U.S. agencies while the Uranium One deal was up for approval*— information that apparently was not shared with U.S. officials involved in approving the transaction. The Hill also reported receiving documents and eyewitness testimony “indicating Russian nuclear officials had routed millions of dollars to the U.S. designed to benefit former President Bill Clinton’s charitable foundation during the time Secretary of State Hillary Clinton served on a government body that provided a favorable decision to Moscow,” although no specifics about who those Russian nuclear officials were or how the money was allegedly routed to the Clinton Foundation were given. In any case, none of these revelations prove that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton participated in a quid pro quo agreement to accept payment for approval of the Uranium One deal.
That last paragraph is from our friends at Snopes (citation to follow.)
The Hill story claims that multiple US agencies were investigating Vladim Mikerin for corruption. But it never says which agencies they were. It claims the investigations began before 2010 and continued until 2014. But it never says what happened after that. Apparently there was insufficient evidence to bring charges.
If there was sufficient evidence, then why doesn't the Trump administration pursue this?
Why was this information being gathered by these anonymous agencies not shared with the officials making the recommendations in the Uranium One matter? Because it should not have been. These were unfounded allegations. Regardless of whether they might turn out to be true, they were not proven at the time.
There is also the matter that going public with an investigation could compromise that investigation. I know that I hear law enforcement agencies say all the time that they will not comment on an ongoing investigation.
So we have documents that the Hill claims to have but has not produced. We have statements by persons that the Hill will not identify. We have nothing.
AS promised
https://www.snopes.com/hillary-clint...m-russia-deal/
