Weldon and his crony, John J. Gallagher, were doing business in Russia, period.
In 11/06, the Philadelphia Inquirer reported that Weldon helped Gallagher land a DoE contract to re-train Russian nuclear scientists. The problem: Gallagher’s company existed only on paper and Weldvn knew it.
The original Able Danger team was spying on the president and the vice-president of the United States and were looking to link Clinton and Gore with Chinese money at Weldon’s request. That’s why the Pentagon shut the program down.
No one seems to remember that Weldon spoke publicly about Able Danger finding links between Gore and Chinese government.
When Weldon revived the Able Danger issue, he was probably working on behalf of a defense contractor looking for a data mining contract. I know he had recently met with Rand before he gave his Able Danger speech on the House floor.
Weldon never did anything for anyone without a payoff.
