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Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/07/14/AR2010071405898.html?hpid=topnews
U.S. Paid Iranian Nuclear Scientist $5 Million
(Washington Post) Greg Miller and Thomas Erdbrink - Shahram Amiri, the Iranian nuclear scientist who claimed to have been abducted by the CIA before departing for Iran Wednesday, was paid more than $5 million by the agency to provide intelligence on Iran's nuclear program, U.S. officials said. The transfer of millions of dollars into Amiri-controlled accounts seems to bolster U.S. assertions that Amiri was neither abducted nor brought to the U.S. against his will. One U.S. official said, "He just wanted to see his family and, unfortunately, he chose a dumb way to do it, lying about what happened to him here to try to build up his credibility back home."