Al-Qaida search for nukes stymied by criminal ’scams,’ White House says | The Daily Caller - Breaking News, Opinion, Research, and Entertainment: "Al-Qaida has attempted for at least 15 years to obtain material to make a nuclear weapon but has so far failed to do so because they have been “scammed” several times by criminal syndicates, the White House said Monday.
“The evidence is strong, the track record is demonstrated and we know that al-Qaida continues to pursue these materials,” said John Brennan, President Obama’s homeland security and counterterrorism adviser.
Brennan, speaking to reporters at the Washington Convention Center at the beginning of a two-day summit of global leaders to discuss proliferation, said that the terrorist organization has been taken for a ride more than once when trying to buy either highly enriched uranium or separated plutonium, or other components to make a nuclear bomb, from criminal organizations.
“Fortunately, I think they’ve been scammed a number of times,” Brennan said."
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