North Korean Military ParadeWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has obtained new intelligence that raises new questions about whether North Korea pursued an alternative route to producing a nuclear weapon, The Washington Post reported in Saturday editions.
Fresh traces of highly enriched uranium were found on 18,000 pages of records from North Korea's Yongbyon reactor that were provided by Pyongyang to the United States last month, the Post said, citing sources familiar with the intelligence findings.
The documents date back to 1987, the Post said. North Korea provided them to help the Bush administration verify the amount of plutonium it produced in the reactor.
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News On North Korea's Nuclear Program From Other Sources:
Rice: New North Korean nuke evidence -- United Press International
Rice to Focus on N. Korea Weapons -- Time Magazine
New data discovered on N. Korea's nuclear capacity -- China Post
Papers reportedly have uranium traces -- L.A. Times
My Comment: I always remembered what President Reagan said about doing nuclear arms treaties with the former Soviet Union .... trust but verify. That sums up what our approach to North Korea should be.
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