U.S. Intelligence Does Not Trust Pakistan's Control Of It's Nuclear Weapons

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Top-Secret U.S. Intelligence Files Show New Levels Of Distrust Of Pakistan -- Washington Post

The $52.6 billion U.S. intelligence arsenal is aimed mainly at unambiguous adversaries, including al-Qaeda, North Korea and Iran. But top-secret budget documents reveal an equally intense focus on one purported ally: Pakistan.

No other nation draws as much scrutiny across so many categories of national security concern.

A 178-page summary of the U.S. intelligence community’s “black budget” shows that the United States has ramped up its surveillance of Pakistan’s nuclear arms, cites previously undisclosed concerns about biological and chemical sites there, and details efforts to assess the loyalties of counter­terrorism sources recruited by the CIA.

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The U.S. Is Doing an Awful Lot of Spying on Pakistan -- The Atlantic
Leaked files show increased U.S. intel-gathering on Pakistan -- UPI
Report: U.S. Spies Extensively On Pakistan -- Radio Free Europe
Wary of Pakistan, US steps up surveillance: report -- AFP
US intelligence leaks expose deep distrust of Pakistan -- The Telegraph
Intelligence files show that Pakistan is US' biggest headache -- Voice of Russia
US ramps up surveillance of Pakistan's nuclear arms -- Zee News
Pakistan allays fears over N-arms surveillance by US -- News Track India
Pakistan says nuclear controls are firmly in place -- Washington Post
Pakistan says it has robust control system for nuke arsenal -- Times of India

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U.S. Orders Non-Essential Staff Out Of Lahore, Pakistan

U.S. Pulls Staff From Pakistan Consulate as Violence Continues -- New York Times

Islamabad, Pakistan — The United States ordered staff pulled from its consulate in Lahore on Friday, citing terrorist threats that also led the State Department to advise Americans against traveling to Pakistan as violence continued to rattle the country for another day.

“The Department of State ordered this drawdown due to specific threats concerning the U.S. Consulate in Lahore,” the warning stated. Except for a small number of emergency personnel, the diplomats in Lahore were moved to Islamabad, the Pakistani capital, a senior Obama administration official said.

At this point, it does not appear that the threat against the consulate is related to a broader terror alert that prompted the State Department to close 19 diplomatic missions in the Middle East, Africa and Asia, the official said.

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U.S. orders most officials out of Lahore, Pakistan -- USA Today/AP
U.S. orders non-essential staff out of consulate in Pakistan's Lahore -- Reuters
US Consulate Non-emergency Staff In Lahore Urged To Leave Immediately -- RTT News
State Department pulls diplomats from Lahore, Pakistan, amid terror threat -- CNN
U.S. Warns Against Pakistan Travel Citing Lahore Post Threat -- Bloomberg Businessweek
U.S. Shuts Pakistan Consulate After Threat -- Wall Street Journal

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