A Q Khan denies selling advanced nuke blueprint

8220;This is all a lie, there is no truth in this. It is total bullshit,8221; Khan said over telephone from his Islamabad villa, where he has been kept under house arrest since confessing to proliferation activities in 2004.

8220;The Western countries are suppliers of the technology, they sold it, and they are the proliferators8230;. Why don8217;t they publish juicy stories about Israel. There is not a single word about Israel on the nuclear issue,8221; he added.

Former UN arms inspector David Albright said on Monday, after details of his draft report appeared in US newspapers, that there was a danger that Khan might be released without having to answer questions about the sensitive blueprints.

The plans show how to build a warhead compact enough to fit on a ballistic missile.

8220;Khan may be released from house arrest. And we may never get to the bottom of this,8221; Albright told CNN television. 8220;So I think it8217;s very important that we start to put pressure on the governments involved in this to find a way to get to the bottom of it.8221;

Khan was pardoned by President Pervez Musharraf in 2004 after making a televised statement admitting to passing nuclear secrets to Iran, North Korea and Libya but has not been allowed out in public.