Nuclear Black Market

March 23, 2004

The Wall St. Journal investigates How the Pakistani Nuclear Ring Managed to Skirt Export Laws

Last month, the world learned that a Pakistani scientist, Abdul Qadeer Khan, had overseen a black-market nuclear network that sold parts and technology to Libya, Iran and North Korea. A look at the network's supply chain -- gleaned from documents and interviews with investigators, company officials and a key consultant to the Malaysian factory -- shows the surprising ease with which it operated.