US lawmakers ask Bush admn to bring in A Q Khan

The demand came days after Rice said that the US was continuing “to learn more” about nuclear black market run by Khan, who has been under house arrest since 2004 by Pakistan after he confessed to his proliferation activities.

Islamabad had consistently refused to hand over Khan, father of the country’s nuclear programme, to Washington, and the Pakistani Government has eased restrictions on him. Khan has claimed he was made to confess under duress by Musharraf.

Voicing concern about new information on Khan network, they said recent reports indicate that it may have transferred designs for compact nuclear warheads that can be fitted in ballistic missiles to Iran and other countries.

“…Iran with nuclear weapons capability is one of the gravest national security threats facing the US and our allies. Now, more than ever, we must be allowed to gain direct access to A Q Khan to conduct a full investigation and find out what designs were smuggled and to whom,” said the letter signed by Republican Ilena Ros-Lehtien, Democrat Gary Ackerman, Chair of the Foreign Affairs Sub Committee on South Asia and Republican Mike Pence.

The study revealed that the participants had more difficulty and took longer to detect a fearful face than a happy face. It also found more activity occurred in specific areas of the brain when they searched for a fearful face.

“The findings have particular implications for security whenever large groups of people gather such as large sporting events, concerts, or other mass gatherings.”