In a new report, The International Institute for Strategic Studies in London says the Pakistani government may not have authorized the transactions. But it was aware of them.
New nuclear safeguards are in place. But full disclosure of l'affair Khan may be unappetizing for Pakistani leaders as speculation continues that Khan threatened to spill all the beans if he were formally charged.
Pieces of the bazaar of nuclear weapons technology operated by Pakistani scientist A.Q. Khan may still be operating. But the Pakistani government that holds him under "house arrest" has thwarted U.S. attempts to get at the truth.
Mr. Khan, who was tasked by his government to provide for home-based uranium enrichment, also operated a broader technology side business with customers such as Iran, North Korea and Libya.
In a new report, The International Institute for Strategic Studies in London says the Pakistani government may not have authorized the transactions. But it was aware of them.
New nuclear safeguards are in place. But full disclosure of l'affair Khan may be unappetizing for Pakistani leaders as speculation continues that Khan threatened to spill all the beans if he were formally charged.
With Khan out of action, remnants of his network may be fomenting new nuclear deals throwing more danger into the world.
Writing in Times Online, Bronwen Maddox wonders whether the $600 million a year in aid to the government of President Pervez Musharraf ought to buy U.S. authorities at least one interview with Khan.
It should. But that has not been allowed -- we think for obvious reasons. Such is the level of cooperation from our "ally" in the war on terror.
An "ally" that may have given, and may still be giving, sanctuary to Osama bin Laden.
