Pakistan rapidly building nuclear arms, U.S. says

Members of Congress were told in confidential briefings that Pakistan is rapidly adding to its nuclear arsenal even while wracked by insurgency, raising questions on Capitol Hill about whether billions of dollars in proposed military aid might be diverted to Pakistan’s nuclear program.  Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, confirmed the assessment of the expanded arsenal. David Albright of the Ploughshares-funded Institute for Science and International Security said, “We see them scaling up their centrifuge facilities,” adding, “the Bush administration turned a blind eye to how this is being ramped up. And of course, with enough pressure, all this could be preventable.” ISIS has monitored Pakistan’s continued efforts to buy materials on the black market and analyzes satellite photographs of two new plutonium reactors, less than 100 miles from where Pakistani forces are currently fighting the Taliban.