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Swiss order more evidence destroyed in nuke probe

The Gaea News 25 June 09 GENEVA — The Swiss government on Wednesday ordered the quick destruction of about 100 pages of evidence linked to an investigation of three Swiss engineers suspected of smuggling nuclear weapons technology.

The Cabinet said the documents were “the most explosive” material in a file of more than 1,000 pages related to the case against the Tinner family, which is suspected of links to the nuclear smuggling network of Abdul Qadeer Khan — the creator of Pakistan’s atomic bomb.

The documents are copies of files destroyed in 2007 under a previous order that led to protests from lawmakers and legal experts, who said the government undermined the prosecution in the smuggling case. The copies were found in prosecutors’ archives last December. http://blog.taragana.com/n/swiss-government-orders-more-evidence-destroyed-in-nuclear-smuggling-probe-90994/

June 24, 2009 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | EUROPE, secrets,lies and civil liberties | antinuclear, nuclear, radioactive, uranium