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.

Relax, The North Korean Nuke Was Another Dud

From Pajamas Media:

The data on the May 25th blast points to yet another "fizzle" of a bomb test by the North Koreans.

On May 25, North Korea detonated another nuclear device. The MSM claimed that the blast equaled the Hiroshima or Nagasaki bomb. Many worried that nuclear war with Korea was imminent. Russia put its troops in the Far East on alert.

Relax. The latest North Korean nuke was a dud, just like the one they exploded on October 9, 2006.

A nuclear bomb tested underground resembles an earthquake in many ways, and the yield of the nuclear explosion can be determined by the magnitude of the quake on the Richter scale. The MSM reports were based on Russian seismic stations, and these usually report higher magnitude than other observers. I always wait for the report of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty Organization, which includes not only the Russian data, but also the observations of earthquake observatories throughout the world — 61 seismic stations recorded the latest North Korean blast. Since the CTBTO combines all the world’s observations, it is the most reliable source of nuclear blast magnitudes.

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My Comment: They will get it right eventually .... but these tests are done more to make a psychological and political point .... both here and abroad.

And the North Koreans have (so far) been successful at making their point across.

Analysis And News Updates On North Korea's Nuclear Ambitions

From Business Week:

U.S.-North Korea Nuclear Deal: Who Wins?

When President George W. Bush announced on June 26 that he was removing North Korea from a U.S. list of terrorism-sponsoring nations, it seemed that Pyongyang had deftly played its nuclear card. After years of escalating threats, North Korea seemed to be ready to compromise, publicly acknowledging its nuclear plants and materials, and agreeing to resume stalled six-nation talks with the U.S., China, Japan, South Korea, and Russia, in a process that would lead to the dismantling of its Yongbyon nuclear facility. The reward: coveted access to Western capital and technology, which Pyongyang needs to shore up its shaky economy. South Korea's former Unification Minister Lim Dong Won hailed the deal as the biggest step forward in U.S.-North Korean relations since the Korean War ended in 1953.

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News on North Korea From Other Sources:
After the nuclear deal, what is ahead for North Korea? -- Newsweek
N Korea's nuclear declaration: What's next -- ISN
North Korea Nuclear Talks About to Get Tougher -- Wall Street Journal
Can North Korea Be Removed from the State Sponsors of Terrorism List in 45 Days? -- Daily North Korean News Hub
How big is the North Korea deal? -- Newsweek
Bush Rebuffs Hard-Liners to Ease North Korean Curbs -- New York Times
Dick Cheney 'tried to block North Korea nuclear deal' -- The Telegraph
North Korea Makes Partial Disclosure on Its Secret Nuclear Weapons Program -- U.S. News And World Report
Warming U.S.-North Korean relations? -- UPI Asia Online
US says six-nation North Korean nuclear disarmament talks could be renewed next week -- International Herald Tribune
US Food Aid Lands In North Korea -- Time Magazine
U.S. food aid arrives in North Korea, U.N. says -- MSNBC
U.S. delivers wheat as North Korea expands aid access -- International Herald Tribune
Opinion: The Tragic End of Bush's North Korea Policy -- By John Bolton, Wall Street Journal
Opinion: Keep North Korea on the Terrorism List -- Human Events

My Comment: What is next? North Korea has come clean on a program that everyone knew that they were doing. The next step will be to turn over their nuclear material to another party .... probably China. Will they do this in the end ..... I will be very surprise if they do.