You have quoted three statements by George Webb. Here is another one from the same news story.

Iran currently has “all of the required materials” to produce a nuclear weapon, Webb said. “I don’t personally believe they’re there yet, but they are very, very, very close.”

It was the U.S. Department of Homeland Security that contacted the Canada Border Services Agency. There have been many changes in the US over the past few months. Most of John McCains “Bomb, bomb, bomb Iran” gang are looking for a job. That is not the case here in Canada. Have a closer look at what Mr Webb is saying. Could this be true?

Please cite specific passages from the 9-11 report that say the terrorists came through Canada? Citing the whole report seems like a quick way to dodge the fact that your original statement was wrong, which I believe (but am not sure) it is.

And here’s a recent news report stating as much. Note the last line:

http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5g-NwYE5X587TOf1JRYGyugVdIYtg

With reference to your “What did Canada have to do with the 9-11 terrorists?,” please see the 9/11 Commission Report. http://www.gpoaccess.gov/911/pdf/fullreport.pdf

Regards,
Kelly

The post made quite clear that he was just charged, not convicted. The point of the post, in any event, was not really about the defendant but about the rather diffident attitude of the Canadian government towards export enforcement. Apparently, they can only charge somebody when somebody else hands them the evidence, all gift-wrapped and with a bow on top. Otherwise when the seize dual use items useful in proliferation headed to Iran, they throw up their hands and say “I wonder who might have sent that?”

Also, your reference to the website’s other uses for the transducers completely misses the point on controls on dual use items. By definition, all dual use items can be used for other things and they are controlled for export even if the exporter intends them to be used for benign purposes.

Also, it’s yet to be proven these pressure transducers were intended for nuclear production. The Setra website says the uses “include not only industrial, OEM, barometric, HVAC/R (Heating, Ventilating, Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration), environmental, test and measurement, food and pharmaceutical, but the agricultural, medical, and semi-conductor industries as well.”

We should wait until this man has his day in court before we contribute to the Iranian hysteria.

Regards,
Kelly