Thursday, July 7, 2011

North Korea Bribed Pakistani Officials To Obtain Nuclear Bomb Secrets

Photo: Pakistani scientist A.Q. Khan helped Pakistan to distribute sensitive nuclear material and technology to Iran, Libya, and North Korea from 1987–2002. Belfer Center

Pakistan’s Nuclear-Bomb Maker Says North Korea Paid Bribes For Know-How -- Washington Post

The founder of Pakistan’s nuclear bomb program asserts that the government of North Korea bribed top military officials in Islamabad to obtain access to sensitive nuclear technology in the late 1990s.

Abdul Qadeer Khan has made available documents that he says support his claim that he personally transferred more than $3 million in payments by North Korea to senior officers in the Pakistani military, which he says subsequently approved his sharing of technical know-how and equipment with North Korean scientists.

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More News On Pakistani Officials Being Bribed By North Korea To Obtain Nuclear Bomb Secrets

WP: N. Korea bribed Pakistan for nuke secrets
-- CBS/AP
N.Korea bribed Pakistanis to get nuclear know-how -report -- Reuters
Claims NKorea paid for Pakistani nuclear know-how -- Forbes/AP
North Korea Bribed Top Pakistan Military Officials For Nuclear Secrets, Says Founder Of Pakistan's Nuclear Bomb Program -- Huffington Post
Scientist claims NKorea paid $3M bribe to Pakistani military officials for nuclear technology -- Washington Post

My Comment: $3 million to obtain the secrets on how to build an atomic bomb. Unbelievable.

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