Sorry, you146;re wrong Gen: US

Refuting President Pervez Musharraf8217;s claim, the US State Department said on Tuesday it had provided Pakistani officials with evidence of a black market in nuclear technology for years.

Apart from general concerns, US officials turned over 8216;8216;pieces of information8217;8217; from time to time, State Department spokesman Richard Boucher said.

While reluctant to expose US intelligence activities, Boucher said: 8216;8216;We have talked to them at different moments about different issues that might have arisen that we might have learned about.8217;8217; Boucher added: 8216;8216;Certainly our nonproliferation dialogue with Pakistan goes back much farther than that.8217;8217; 8216;8216;We have discussed non-proliferation issues with Pakistan repeatedly over a long period of time, and it8217;s been an issue of concern to us and to President Musharraf, as well,8221; the spokesman said.