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Victor Bout: Arms Dealer Poses Threat to U.S.-Russia Relations

They call him the "merchant of death," but the most dangerous thing about Russian Victor Bout isn't the weapons he trades. It's the U.S. officials he might take down with him.

Philip Shenon

Published Nov. 20 2010 3:08PM EST

articles/2010/11/20/victor-bout-arms-dealer-poses-threat-to-us-russia-relations/shenon-victor-bout_142749_pstov0 — Victor Bout looks up from a jail cell as he is processed in Bangkok, Thailand, Saturday, March 8, 2008. (Photo: David Longstreath / AP Photo)

Philip Shenon

Philip Shenon

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