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Pakistan’s Involvement in Nuclear Proliferation

Yesterday, President Bush proposed new measures to address the proliferation of nuclear weapons. His speech came one week after supporting Pakistan’s presidential pardon of Abdul Qadeer Khan, the so-called father of that nation’s nuclear program. Khan admitted to selling weapons technology to other countries, including Libya and North Korea.

The scope of Kahn’s network, and the complicity of the Pakistani government, is not fully known. David Sanger has been covering the story for the New York Times, and talks about when American intelligence got its first break in its investigation of Khan.

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