also stem from the testimony of Mohammed Khilewi, the number two at the Saudi UN Mission until he defected in 1994. In seeking asylum in the U.S., Khilewi made a string of allegations to FBI agents, including that Saudi Arabia had a secret nuclear-weapons program and had helped fund Pakistan and Iraq'

scientific training. Nonetheless, he continues to [6]be cited [6] by [7]Ltports claiming [7] that there is a secret Pakistani- Saudi nuclear pact. Khilewi's allegations are notable, however, in demonstrating that he understood how deeply the U.S. fears nuclear weapons spreading, particularly to the Mi

ock into his claims. As his lawyer later complained, the two FBI agents "dismissed them as marginal and walked out of the meeting, refusing to take Khilewi into custody or give him protection." They were almost certainly right to do so. To begin with, Khilewi had a clear motivation for lying, given th