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Deep Thought | 19 comments (19 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

Re: Deep Thought (4.00 / 2)

The "untold" story here is nuke tech/components may have been given to Pakistan during the first bush administration- total violation of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Act.

used to be info out there on this on the web, but "oddly" it;s not there anymore.

by Superpole on Mon May 4th, 2009 at 08:19:47 AM EST

Re: Deep Thought (4.00 / 2)

Very True. I wrote a diary several years ago about this very point, that it was the Reagan and Bush I administrations that gave Pakistan the means to build its bomb.

A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned how to walk forward. Franklin D. Roosevelt

by Steven D on Mon May 4th, 2009 at 08:31:13 AM EST
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CIA/America Twice Refused Arrest of Khan (4.00 / 2)

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This is an old comment of mine, I'm not sure all links still work. Support of Pakistan during the cold war to offset Soviet support of India. Note today that Australia wants to police Asia to counter the China threat with a large investment in miltary gear.

Nuclear Spy AQ Khan - CIA/America Refused Arrest in 1975 & 1985

The former Dutch Prime Minister, Ruud Lubbers, revealed in early August 2005 that the Netherlands knew of Dr. A.Q. Khan stealing nuclear secrets but let him go on two occasions after the CIA expressed their wish to continue monitoring his movements. [2]

Lubbers: CIA asked Netherlands not to arrest Pakistani nuclear spy

AMSTERDAM (RNW) -- Aug. 9, 2005 Mr Lubbers' revelations are highly embarrassing for the current Dutch government, which said earlier this year that there was no evidence of the CIA having played any role in the decision by the Dutch public prosecution service not to bring new charges against Mr Khan. Current Justice Minister Piet Hein Donner said that when AQ Khan twice visited the Netherlands in 1988, there were no longer any grounds to detain him because the criminal case against him had already been closed. [AQ Khan dossier missing - Oui]

The disclosures are also embarrassing for the CIA. It's not unusual for an espionage or terrorism suspect to be allowed to remain at large so that, for example, his conversations and communications can be monitored and his network of contacts traced, but if that did indeed happen in the case of AQ Khan, then it did not produce any useful results. Indeed, the knowledge he obtained led to the development of Pakistan's nuclear bomb and that knowledge - together with materials - was later passed on to other countries, including North Korea, Iran and Libya.

Ruud Lubbers new job at ECN

Dutchman jailed for selling nuke parts to Pakistan

AMSTERDAM (Pakistan Facts) Dec. 18, 2005 -- Slebos' company, Slebos Research BV, sold the equipment to the Institute of Industrial Automation in Pakistan, which has links with the research laboratories of scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan, dubbed the father of Pakistan's nuclear bomb.

"But I will not let myself be reduced to silence."

by Oui on Mon May 4th, 2009 at 08:31:55 AM EST
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Re: CIA/America Twice Refused Arrest of Khan (none / 1)

1975 - Kissinger at State; Schlesinger and Rumsfeld at Defense
1985 - Schultz at State; Weinberger at Defense

Check. It figures.

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by TarheelDem on Mon May 4th, 2009 at 10:55:50 AM EST
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Re: CIA/America Twice Refused Arrest of Khan (none / 1)

Yep. I think the reluctance to arrest/prosecute Khan is the rather large smoking gun.. indicates the U.S. was likely involved in the transference of nuke tech/components to Pakistan... again, in violation of the Non Proliferation Act.

I'm guessing Sam Nunn is a bit upset about this.

by Superpole on Tue May 5th, 2009 at 09:19:40 AM EST
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