Nazir Vaid is a citizen of Pakistan. In June 1984. Vaid was arrested at the Houston Airport. He was trying to smuggle 50 highspeed electronic switches. known as krytons. from the United States to Pakistan. These switches can be used to trigger nuclear devices. So they fall under the Export Control Act. What penalty was Vaid given for this crime that directly escalated the terrible danger of nuclear war and might have caused innumerable deaths? Vaid served a bare 3 months in pretrial detention. Then he was deported to Pakistan. Pakistan is his home. It is his principal place of business.
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