Not to beat a dead horse, but I think this [Pakistan] Daily Times editorial nicely encapsulates the furore over Ms Bhutto's remarks about Dr Khan:
Nuclear security
Let’s keep ‘generic’ for drug prescriptions
On September 18, I posted that that four former executives of Japanese company, Mitutoyo Corp, were found guilty of illegally exporting devices that could be used in producing nuclear weapons. That is true, but from the perspective of actually trying to prevent such things from happening there is more to the story. And, as is usually the case, the redoubtable reporter Mark Hibbs had the story first; back in January, to be precise. Here is some of what he wrote in the January 15 issue of Nuclear Fuel:
BASIC calls for suspension of US arms sales and military assistance to the Persian Gulf and Middle East
The proposed sales would support authoritarian governments in the Arab world
‘Zero Nuclear Weapons’: Ambassador Kampelman in London
BASIC sponsored a week-long visit by Ambassador Max Kampelman (U.S.-ret.) to London to discuss the \’Zero nuclear weapons\’ agenda. During his visit, Amb. Kampelman delivered a speech to the All Party Parliamentary Group on Global Security and Non-Proliferation and WMD.See the full text of his speech to the All-Party Parliamentary Group below.
Former US chief nuclear negotiator in London calls for zero nuclear weapons
Getting to Zero is an essential objective if we are to avoid the descent into nuclear proliferation
At a meeting of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Global Security and Non-Proliferation at Westminster earlier today Ambassador Max Kampelman reiterated an earlier call in January this year by US Secretaries Shultz, Kissinger, Perry and Senator Nunn to step back from the brink of nuclear anarchy.
Getting to Zero Update
In this issue: Arms control ; Country Reports ; Publications
Present at the Creation: US perspectives on the origins and future direction of the Proliferation Security Initiative
A large number of rebels within the Labour and opposition parties failed to defeat the proposals.
Getting to Zero Update
Getting to Zero – Update