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  • Bout trial opening statements

    Federal prosecutors accused Viktor Bout this morning of offering to deliver “staggering quantities” of lethal weapons to undercover informants who posed as terrorists _ even if they were used to kill Americans. “He jumped at the opportunity,” said Asst. U.S. Attorney Brendan McGuire. Bout’s lawyer, Albert Y. Dayan, scoffed at the government’s sting operation as…