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A High-Risk Nuclear Stakeout The U.S. took too long to act, some experts say, letting a Pakistani scientist sell illicit technology well after it knew of his operation. By Douglas Frantz, Times Staff Writer WASHINGTON — Nuclear warhead plans that Pakistani scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan sold to Libya were more complete and detailed than previously disclosed, raising new concerns about the cost of Washington's watch-and-wait policy before Khan and his global black market were shut down last year. Two Western nuclear weapons specialists who have examined the top-secret designs say the hundreds of pages of engineering drawings and handwritten notes...

WASHINGTON: India's nuclear tests in May 1998 caused then US President Bill Clinton to explode into volcanic fury, in part because he had hoped to fulfil his decades-long fascination of India with a visit and greater American engagement. Clinton was still fuming 24 hours after the May 11 tests when he opened an Oval Office meeting on the subject, saying, "We're going to come down on those guys like a ton of bricks," according to a forthcoming book by former Deputy Secretary Strobe Talbott. But officials toned down his reaction before conveying it publicly. When translated into a White House...