I&#x27;m amazed that no one in this thread has mentioned Project Sapphire yet. It&#x27;s my favorite bit of 90&#x27;s spycraft.<p><i>Project Sapphire Wikipedia Entry:</i><p>Project Sapphire was a successful 1994 covert operation of the United States government in cooperation with the Kazakhstan government to reduce the threat of nuclear proliferation as part of the Cooperative Threat Reduction Program. A warehouse at the Ulba Metallurgical Plant outside Ust-Kamenogorsk housed 1,322 pounds (600 kg) of weapons grade enriched uranium to fuel Alfa class submarines (90% U-235). Following the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the fuel was poorly documented and secured, and in danger of being sold for use in the construction of nuclear weapons.<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.washingtonpost.com&#x2F;wp-dyn&#x2F;content&#x2F;article&#x2F;2009&#x2F;09&#x2F;20&#x2F;AR2009092002881.html" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.washingtonpost.com&#x2F;wp-dyn&#x2F;content&#x2F;article&#x2F;2009&#x2F;09...</a><p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.y12.doe.gov&#x2F;news&#x2F;report&#x2F;project-sapphire-today" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.y12.doe.gov&#x2F;news&#x2F;report&#x2F;project-sapphire-today</a>