U.S. Hampering Investigation into International Nuclear Arms Smuggling

Democracy Now
Friday, June 2nd, 2006
Why is the U.S. Hampering a Swiss Investigation into A.Q. Khan's International Nuclear Arms Smuggling Ring?
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/06/02/1414236

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The Bush administration is being accused of refusing to help out Switzerland's federal prosecutor try three men at the center of the world's most notorious nuclear arms smuggling ring.

The case involves a Swiss man and his two sons who are allegedly connected to the Pakistani scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan, better known as AQ Khan.

Khan, who is currently under house arrest in Pakistan, helped build Pakistan's nuclear weapons program and then secretly shared the technology with other countries including Iran, North Korea and Libya.

Two years ago President Bush praised the international community for working together to disrupt Khan's network.

* President Bush, February 11th, 2004
"Governments around the world worked closely with us to unravel the Khan network, and to put an end to his criminal enterprise. A. Q. Khan has confessed his crimes, and his top associates are out of business."

But behind the scenes, it is a different story.

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Now more than ever.