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International investigators ask which groups or nations may have bought electronic blueprints for an advanced nuclear weapons. Plans for a small nuke were found on the computer network of rogue Pakistani nuclear scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan.
Which groups or nations may have bought electronic blueprints for an advanced nuclear weapon? That’s the question for American and international investigators who say the plans for a small nuke were found on the computer network of rogue Pakistani nuclear scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan, who has been under house arrest for the past four years. The Takeaway talks with New York Times reporter David Sanger, who has been following this story for a year.