.
STUART: OUR NEXT GUEST SAYS
THIS, PRESIDENT TRUMP, SHUT
DOWN KIM JONG-UN'S USE OF THE
GLOBAL BLACK MARKET FOR
RADIOACTIVE METALS.
MICHAEL SILVER IS WITH US, THE
CEO OF AMERICAN ELEMENTS.
MICHAEL, LET'S GET THIS
STRAIGHT HERE.
NORTH KOREA IS INVOLVED IN THE
BLACK MARKET FOR WHAT YOU CALL
RADIOACTIVE METALS.
>> CORRECT.
STUART: WHICH ARE USED IN
WEAPONS DEVELOPMENT, THAT KIND
OF THING?
>> USED IN WEAPONS.
>> YOU'RE SAYING IF PRESIDENT
TRUMP SAYS TO KIM JONG-UN, HEY,
WE WANT TO KNOW WHO YOU'RE
TRADING WITH, YOU COULD SHUT
DOWN THAT GLOBAL MARKET.
>> YES, WHICH WE WANT THEM TO
DO.
WITHOUT IMPACTING THEMSELVES TO
USE NUCLEAR WEAPONS IT.
ALLOWS FOR EARLY STAGE, GOOD
FAITH GESTURE THAT IMPROVES OUR
POSTURE IN THE WORLD WITHOUT
THE ABILITY TO ACTUALLY DEFEND
THEMSELVES.
THAT'S THE FIRST STEP.
STUART: FIRST STEP, A
COULD DEMAND, IT WOULD HELP US
AND WOULDN'T HURT THAT MUCH.
>> EXACTLY.
STUART: ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT
URANIUM?
>> A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T
REALIZE, THEY HAVE A VERY
ACTIVE URANIUM MINE, THEY CAN
MINE THE MINERALS, THE ONLY
REASON THEY OPERATE THE MINE IS
TO SHIP MATERIALS TO IRAN OR
PAKISTAN.
STUART: HAVE THEY BEEN DOING
THAT?
>> OF COURSE, ACTUALLY THE
MATERIALS THAT LIBYA HAD BEFORE
WE CLOSED THEM DOWN WERE
MATERIALS THAT NORTH KOREA
SHIPPED TO PAKISTAN TO A.Q.
KHAN AND A.Q. KHAN SHIPPED TO
LIBYA.
THEY ARE NORTH KOREAN
MATERIALS.
>> WHAT YOU SUPPORT INFORMATION
WHO THE TRADE IS?
>> EXACTLY.
A SERIES OF BREAKAWAY PROVINCES
SUCH AS TRANSNESTOR.
ABKAZIA, THE HAVENS FOR THE
GUYS TRADING MATERIALS.
A TRADER BASED IN
TRANSENNESTOR.
NORTH KOREA IS TRYING TO FIND
ALL OF THIS.
STUART: HOW DO YOU KNOW ALL OF
THIS?
>> WE DEAL FOR MATERIALS THAT
ARE USED FOR HIGH TECHNOLOGY.
ALL THE METALS ON THE PERIODIC
TABLE USED FROM HIGH
TECHNOLOGY, DEFENSE SYSTEMS TO
GREEN TECHNOLOGY AND SO WE GET
CALLS.
PEOPLE WILL CALL US UP AND SAY
I'VE GOT 50 KILOGRAMS OF X, ARE
YOU INTERESTED?
HERE'S ONE OF THOSE GUYS FROM
THAT REGION.
OF COURSE, OF COURSE.
STUART: THIS HAPPENS, YOU GET
CALLS LIKE THAT?
>> WE GET CALLS FROM PEOPLE WHO
KNOW PEOPLE WHO KNOW PEOPLE AND
DON'T PURSUE THEM.
IDEA IS FOR NORTH KOREA IS TO
SAY WE KNOW WHO THE PLAYERS
ARE, WE KNOW THE BANKS,
LOGISTICS, EVERYTHING, HERE IT
IS.
DOESN'T IMPACT THEM AT ALL.
BUT LOOK HOW WONDERFUL THAT
WOULD BE FOR THE UNITED STATES.
STUART: I TAKE IT THE CIA OR
THE NSA KNOW THIS ALREADY?
>> THEY'RE LOOKING FOR THE GUY.
HE'S ONE EXAMPLE.
ANOTHER BREAKAWAY SAMPLE OF
ABKAZIA, WIDE OPEN FOR THE
MATERIALS.
>> HAS THE STATE DEPARTMENT OR
THE WHITE HOUSE OR ANYBODY IN
THE GOVERNMENT CALLED YOU?
>> WE HAVE CONTACT.
THE WHITE HOUSE, I'VE HAD A
COMMUNICATION WITH THE WHITE
HOUSE OVER THE YEARS ON
ADVANCED MATERIALS AND THINGS
THAT NEED TO BE DONE.
AND WE'VE NOTIFIED THEM THESE
ARE GREAT MEASURES THAT DOESN'T
IMPACT NORTH KOREA UP FRONT BUT
ALLOWS THEM TO IMPROVE OUR
POSITION.
STUART: THIS SUMMIT REALLY SET
UP AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE YOU
-- NOT YOU, BUT FOR THE
INFORMATION TO GET OUT THERE TO
CLOSE DOWN THAT CHAIN, A VERY
DANGEROUS TRADE.
>> EXACTLY.
IT'S TIME FOR THE UNITED STATES
TO PURSUE THAT RIGHT NOW
BECAUSE THIS IS THAT GOOD FAITH
CONFIDENCE-BUILDING MOMENT WHEN
THEY CAN SHOW US THEY'RE PART
OF THE MODERN INTERNATIONAL
WORLD.
STUART: YOU ARE MICHAEL SILVER.
>> YES, SIR.
STUART: THE CEO OF AMERICAN
ELEMENTS.
>> AMERICAN ELEMENTS, SIR.
>> PUBLICLY TRADED COMPANY?
>> PRIVATELY HELD.
STUART: AH, NO WONDER.
