U.S. Secretly Aids Pakistan in Guarding Nuclear Arms

New York Times ^

[Sub-Driver]

November 18, 2007 U.S. Secretly Aids Pakistan in Guarding Nuclear Arms By DAVID E. SANGER and WILLIAM J. BROAD

WASHINGTON, Nov. 17 — Over the past six years, the Bush administration has spent almost $100 million so far on a highly classified program to help Gen. Pervez Musharraf, Pakistan’s president, secure his country’s nuclear weapons, according to current and former senior administration officials.

But with the future of that country’s leadership in doubt, debate is intensifying about whether Washington has done enough to help protect the warheads and laboratories, and whether Pakistan’s reluctance to reveal critical details about its arsenal has undercut the effectiveness of the continuing security effort.

The aid, buried in secret portions of the federal budget, paid for the training of Pakistani personnel in the United States and the construction of a nuclear security training center in Pakistan, a facility that American officials say is nowhere near completion, even though it was supposed to be in operation this year.

A raft of equipment — from helicopters to night-vision goggles to nuclear detection equipment — was given to Pakistan to help secure its nuclear material, its warheads, and the laboratories that were the site of the worst known case of nuclear proliferation in the atomic age.

While American officials say that they believe the arsenal is safe at the moment, and that they take at face value Pakistani assurances that security is vastly improved, in many cases the Pakistani government has been reluctant to show American officials how or where the gear is actually used.

That is because the Pakistanis do not want to reveal the locations of their weapons or the amount or type of new bomb-grade fuel the country is now producing.

[Sub-Driver]

blabber mouths..

[SolidWood]

U.S. Secretly Aids Pakistan in Guarding Nuclear Arms

Not anymore.

New York Times

The reason.

When will the traitors meet the jail or rope?

[papasmurf]

So much for “highly classified”, eh?

[silentknight]

I would never read about these secrets if they were not posted on freepers. Ironic in some ways...not in others.

[taxcontrol]

I hope and pray that there is a quick reaction force of some highly trained rough and ready types (SEALs, Rangers, Delta, SAS, etc) waiting for the call to go in at a moments notice and tidy up any “loose ends”.

[papasmurf]

I think one of the best kept secrets is how the NYSlimes, and others like it, can keep their doors open? Where does the money come from, they’re broke, and bleeding dollars by the nanosecond.

[Paperdoll]

Well, it’s no secret anymore! Loose lips sink ships!!!!

[purpleraine]

Maybe the next president will put these traitors in jail.

[G8 Diplomat]

Pakistan ۋﮧ۱م

FReepmail if you want on or off

[zerosix]

Traitors inside our nation's security agencies: CIA; NSA; etc.

When will we execute the guilty?

[Mike Darancette]

If the wackos take over Pakistan their nukes are gone.

[DoughtyOne]

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[livius]

I sure hope we’re guarding them!

[Let's Roll]

Thank you Jay Rockefeller.

[Let's Roll]

This outrage is EXACTLY why I have been praying for the destruction of the “liberal American media” since 2000. Even a cursory look at their circ figures, ratings and stock prices seems to show that a lot of people are praying for that.

We can only hope that the LAM doesn’t take Western Civilization down first.

[RightWhale]

Shh . . . secret

[papasmurf]

Hey, man, I’m not Jay...that’s my 3rd Cousin, twice removed. :)

[SunkenCiv]

“Oh, and bin Laden’s phone is tapped.”

[b4its2late]

Hey, NYT!:

[Let's Roll]

In replying to your #3, I was referring to long time ‘Intelligence’ committee member and current chairman of that committee, dim Jay Rockefeller, as one of the more likely sources for all these treasonous leaks that put our nation and our troops at ever greater risk.