Comments on: U-Tubed! Enriched uranium found on N. Korean sample

By: Joshua

Joshua — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 11:42:02 +0000

The NYT piece says that the CIA intervened to stop the arrest … because it wanted to continue following Khan’s trail and disrupt the larger network rather than bag one lone scientist. That’s a far different thing than what your comment suggested — that the CIA had decided not to prevent Khan and Pakistan from building the bomb. Good thing, too, because the CIA appears to have known very little about Khan’s network at the time.

As for Lubbers, after the sordid circumstances of his departure as UN High Commissioner for Refugees, I’ll just say that I question his reliability.

By: Sander

Sander — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 22:32:02 +0000

This issue has been fully in the news in the Netherlands some two years ago (from August 9th, 2005). The prime minister of the time (Ruud Lubbers) stated in a radio-interview that the government had decided not to arrest Khan on advice/strong suggestion of the CIA. The Dutch government actually thought of arresting Khan twice, one time in 1975 and again in 1988. The Dutch secret service (AIVD) still denies. Ruud Lubbers (Minister of Economic Affairs in 1975 and Prime Minister in 1988) affirmed the case however. The minister of Justice in 2005 (then Piet Hein Donner) eventually had to give in an also affirm the case. Everything started because of an article in the New York Times.

By: Joshua

Joshua — Sun, 23 Dec 2007 14:54:23 +0000

Link? Support?

By: Sander

Sander — Sun, 23 Dec 2007 08:52:51 +0000

We know that Khan stole Pakistanâ€™s centrifuge design from the Dutch

True, but thatâ€™s not the whole story. The Dutch authorities knew what Khan was up to, but the CIA intervened and kept the Dutch from arresting Khan.

By: Doug

Doug — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 23:42:42 +0000

Great post. It’s time that Japan and the U.S. pressured China to really step up to the plate and eradicate the despicable Kim Jong-Il. Three days is about how long it would take for China to do the job.

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