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To: i-node who wrote (393620)	6/23/2008 7:16:23 PM
From: combjelly	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1578633

"We don't know for sure, but there is a reasonable chance that up to 100 of those devices are missing." We don't know for sure. We do know that they were under control of the KGB and not the military. Given that the KGB came through the turmoil with few problems, there is no real reason to think they went unaccounted for. We have credible KGB defectors who claim that is the case. "It is also knowns that Bin Laden has on multiple occasions attempted to purchase them, in one documented case laying out $5 Million of his own cash for that purpose." So? If he didn't score that time, the odds are even smaller now. $100+ a barrel oil means that the Russians don't need the money. And to sell them is a huge risk. If any terrorist organization has one, they'd have used it by now. The price of oil means they missed their window of possibly getting one. Their best opportunity was pre-9/11. Shortly after, if not before, the price of oil had gotten to the point where Russia wasn't a complete basket case. "If anything is stupid, it is stupid to ignore the possibility." It depends on what you mean. Scanning all incoming containers, which the Republicans have fought with every fiber of their being, yes. Much else, no. We are talking extremely low probabilities. Like being struck with an asteroid in the next few decades.