Unraveling the A. Q. Khan and future proliferation networks

Washington Quarterly

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 109-128

  Albright, David ^a   Hinderstein, Corey ^a  

^a Institute for Science and International Security   (United States)

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EID: 25144442602     PISSN: 0163660X     EISSN: 15309177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/0163660053295176     Document Type: Article

References (28)

1. Douglas Jehl, "CIA Says Pakistanis Gave Iran Nuclear Aid," New York Times, November 24, 2004.
2. See William J. Broad, David Sanger, and Raymond Bonner, "How Pakistani's Network Offered the Whole Kit," New York Times, February 13, 2004.
3. International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Board of Governors, "Implementation of the NPT Safeguards Agreement in the Islamic Republic of Iran: Report by the Director General," GOV/2004/83, November 15, 2004, http://www.iaea.org/Publications/Documents/Board/2004/ gov2004-8derestrict.pdf (accessed January 30, 2005).
4. David Albright, "An Iranian Bomb," Bulletin of the Atomic Scientist 51, no. 4 (July/August 1995): 20-26.
5. For more information, see David Albright and Corey Hinderstein, "Documents Indicate A.Q. Khan Offered Nuclear Weapon Designs to Iraq in 1990: Did He Approach Other Countries?" February 4, 2004, http://www.isis-online.org/publications/southasia/khanmemo.html (accessed January 30, 2005).
6. Anonymous government official, interview with author.
7. Anonymous source, interview with author.
8. Kamran Khan, "Pakistanis Exploited Nuclear Network," Washington Post, January 28, 2004.
9. "Khan Gave Nuke Tech to Three More Nations," Press Trust of India, January 2, 2005.
10. William J. Broad and David E. Sanger, "As Nuclear Secrets Emerge, More Are Suspected," New York Times, December 26, 2004.
11. International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Board of Governors, "Implementation of the NPT Safeguards Agreement of the Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya," GOV/2004/59, August 30, 2004, http://www.iaea.org/Publications/Documents/Board/2004/gov2004-59.pdf (accessed February 1, 2005).
12. Ibid.
13. Anonymous government officials, interviews with author.
14. IAEA Board of Governors, GOV/2004/59.
15. Mohamed ElBaradei, "Nuclear Non-Proliferation: Global Security in a Rapidly Changing World" (speech, Carnegie International Non-proliferation Conference, Washington, D.C., June 21, 2004), http://www.ceip.org/files/projects/npp/resources/2004conference /speeches/ ElBaradei.doc (accessed January 30, 2004).
16. Johan Andries Muller Meyer, sworn statement, Pretoria, September 8, 2004(given to police in Vanderbijlpark, South Africa, in the presence of Benjamin Nel, captain, South African Police Department) (unofficial translation) (hereinafter Meyer statement).
17. Christian Science Monitor Newsmaker press briefing, Washington, D.C., December 21, 2004.
18. Dawn, February 5, 2004 (transcription of Khan's statement of February 4, 2004).
19. "Press Release by Inspector General of Police [Malaysia] in Relation to Investigation on the Alleged Production of Components for Libya's Uranium-Enrichment Programme," February 20, 2004, http://www.rmp.gov.my/rmp03/040220scomi_eng.htm (accessed January 30, 2005).
20. Meyer statement.
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22. Bureau of Nonproliferation, U.S. Department of State, "The Proliferation Security Initiative," July 28, 2004, http://www.state.gov/t/np/rls/other/34726.htm (accessed January 30, 2005).
23. See Andrew C. Winner, "The Proliferation Security Initiative: The New Face of Interdiction," The Washington Quarterly 28, no. 2 (Spring 2005): 129-143.
24. Mark Fitzpatrick, testimony before the U.S. Senate, Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on Financial Management, the Budget, and International Security, Hearing on International Smuggling Networks: Weapons of Mass Destruction Counterproliferation Initiatives, Washington, D.C., June 23, 2004.
25. Ibid.
26. "G8 Action Plan on Nonproliferation," Sea Island, Georgia, June 9, 2004, http://www.g8usa.gov/d_060904d.htm (accessed January 30, 2005).
27. Erich Follath, Juergen Kremb, and Georg Mascolo, "Nuclear War Is Getting Closer," Der Spiegel, January 26, 2004, available in "IAEA Director General: Danger of Nuclear War 'Has Never Been Greater Than Today,"' FBIS Document EUP20040124000085.
28. Mohamed ElBaradei, "Saving Ourselves From Self-Destruction," New York Times, February 12, 2004.