 The witnesses are all dead? | The United States has seen no evidence which could spread the responsibility for the marketing of nuclear equipment beyond Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan; however it does not have all the answers, according to a State Department official. This was stated in answer to a question asked of Stephen C Engelken, director at the Departmentâs South Asia bureau, at a roundtable on the concluding day of the annual conference of the Pakistani-American Congress.
Another member of the panel, Marvin Weinbaum of the Middle East Institute, pointed out that nobody had been held accountable in Pakistan for the sale of nuclear equipment to other countries. He added that while this matter is not important to the present administration, elected officials in Congress and experts working at think tanks would like to get the answers. He said that in order to determine if it was the act of a single individual or whether the operation involved others, a thorough investigation is needed, though it may be âembarrassingâ to some. |