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FBI file on United Nuclear, release 2

FBI via The Black Vault · 2023-03 · 131 pages · text from the file's own layer

This is an FBI Freedom of Information/Privacy Acts release to John Greenewald Jr. of The Black Vault, dated March 29, 2023, covering United Nuclear Scientific Supplies. It was the first interim release: of 517 pages reviewed, 119 were released. The records come from the FBI Albuquerque JTTF and describe a 2006 case. An unidentified caller asked the company for chemicals that could serve as Sarin precursors, then turned up in person at the business. The file also contains grand jury subpoenas and interview notes.

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the call and engaged in conversation with _ At this
point,| still did not further identify himself.
______ [asked about the chemicals he inquired about a
few weeks earlier, andI I responded by stating that he
doesn't maintain the chemicals on hand and had not inquired
into the availability of the chemicals, because! ~|did not
believel ~|was serious about placing an orders | | was
supposed to re-contact UNSS, but did not, and declined to give
a contact telephone number or name during the series of calls
made in July 2006. However, stated he would now inquire,
and requested a contact telephone number. said he did
not have a contact number and was hard to get a hold of.
[replied he needed some way to contact ______ in order to
place an order.! [would call back to check the
availability of the chemicals at a later date.
walked to his vehicle which appeared to
be parked an unnecessary distance from UNSS, possibly to avoid
being identified.! [described the vehicle as an older
model|~ | with rust and
without front or rear license plates.
The chemicals asked about were: Triethyl Phosphite,
Triisopropyl Phosphite, Sodium Fluoride, Aluminum Chloride,
Methyl Chloride/Dichloride, Isopropyl Alcohol, and Phosgene
gas. FBI Laboratory reports that these chemicals are used in
the production of either Sarin or "V-Gas," and two of them
fall under restrictions of the Chemical Warfare Convention.
out of town and would be back then.
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