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One of the complications behind US efforts in particular with regard to nuclear proliferation is that in many cases our ally of Pakistan (or rather, the trifecta of rogue ISI, crazy nuclear scientists, and the MMA) has been behind them in some fashion or another, at least with regard to Libya, who allegedly purchased a great deal of Pakistani nuclear technology on the open market. Iran has also exploited the Indo-Pakistani rivalry as a means to acquire nuclear technology from both sides, as well as what they receive from North Korea as part of their unofficial anti-Western alliance.

So if it's from Pakistan, the US is likely keeping it quiet in order to take some heat off Musharraf. If it came from North Korea, we're keeping quiet because either 1) we don't want Kim to know that we are intercepting his WMD shipments or 2) we don't want to stir the Korean Peninsula until we've had time enough to shift the necessary troops to the region.