William Campbell worked as an FBI informant in the Russian nuclear business for six years, well before the Uranium One sale. He compiled over 5,000 documents which he shared with The Hill, and when he questioned his FBI handler on how the Uranium One sale could be approved after all the information he supplied, Campbell was told the deal went through because of politics.

The evidence Mr. Campbell gave the FBI proves the Uranium One deal was seen by Russia and its American consultants as part of their strategy to corner the uranium market worldwide. Among other things, the Russians wanted the United States to need the Russians for our uranium needs.

Campbell was even asked to help the Russian nuclear firm Rosatam overcome the political opposition that was building about the sale:

Campbell documented for his FBI handlers the first illegal activity by Russians nuclear industry officials in fall 2009, nearly an entire year before the Russian state-owned Rosatom nuclear firm won Obama administration approval for the Uranium One deal, the memos show.

Campbell, who was paid $50,000 a month to consult for the firm, was solicited by Rosatom colleagues to help overcome political opposition to the Uranium One purchase while collecting FBI evidence that the sale was part of a larger effort by Moscow to make the U.S. more dependent on Russian uranium, contemporaneous emails and memos show.

“The attached article is of interest as I believe it highlights the ongoing resolve in Russia to gradually and systematically acquire and control global energy resources,” Rod Fisk, an American contractor working for the Russians, wrote in a June 24, 2010 email to Campbell.