{"id":714,"date":"2005-04-09T20:57:43","date_gmt":"2005-04-10T02:57:43","guid":{"rendered":"\/?p=714"},"modified":"2005-04-09T20:58:52","modified_gmt":"2005-04-10T02:58:52","slug":"pakistani-accused-of-exporting-devices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/targetcentermass.net\/?p=714","title":{"rendered":"Pakistani Accused of Exporting Devices"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Not much I want to comment on <a href=\"http:\/\/seattlepi.nwsource.com\/national\/apwashington_story.asp?category=1152&#038;slug=Detonators%20Indictment\">this<\/a>;  there&#8217;s just a link I&#8217;ve been aching to use.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>A Pakistani businessman illegally exported devices from the United States that could be used to test, develop and detonate nuclear weapons, the government alleged on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>A federal indictment against Humayun A. Khan was unsealed along with a guilty plea by his alleged partner, who admitted routing high-speed electrical switches through South Africa to avoid raising authorities&#8217; suspicions. The switches &#8211; which can be used in medical and military devices &#8211; were then shipped to Pakistan.<\/p>\n<p>The United States prohibits the export of the switches, also known as &#8220;triggered spark gaps,&#8221; to Pakistan and a handful of other countries to prevent potential nuclear proliferation.<\/p>\n<p>Khan, of Islamabad, is not in custody. He is believed to be in Pakistan, Homeland Security officials said.<\/p>\n<p>The case raised &#8220;serious concerns,&#8221; said Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Michael Garcia, because of the nature of the devices, the fact they were going to Pakistan, and efforts by Kahn to disguise the ultimate destination.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The proliferation of nuclear components is not only a homeland security threat, but a global threat,&#8221; Garcia said Friday.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/khaaan.com\/\">Khan<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>Man, that link kills me.  Don&#8217;t ask me why.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Not much I want to comment on this; there&#8217;s just a link I&#8217;ve been aching to use. A Pakistani businessman illegally exported devices from the United States that could be used to test, develop and detonate nuclear weapons, the government alleged on Friday. A federal indictment against Humayun A. Khan was unsealed along with a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-714","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-central-asia","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/targetcentermass.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/714","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/targetcentermass.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/targetcentermass.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/targetcentermass.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/targetcentermass.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=714"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/targetcentermass.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/714\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/targetcentermass.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=714"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/targetcentermass.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=714"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/targetcentermass.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=714"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}