Do you suppose Plame's outing had anything

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to do with this?
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The change in position for A.Q. Khan did not necessarily end proliferation concerns. Indeed, while in Pakistan in October 2003, a US delegation led by Deputy Secretary of State Richard L. Armitage reportedly briefed Gen. Musharraf on A.Q. Khan activities. Gen. Abizaid, then head of US Central Command, reportedly conducted similar concerns to Pakistani political and military leaders.

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<http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/world/pakistan/khan.htm>

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1. what's the motive? nt

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2. Maybe Plame discovered A.Q.'s nuclear walmart

and reported it to headquarters. She may have been close to other perps involved in the game.

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3. She was probably aware of Khan

But I'm not sure that makes a motive for Bushco to take her down, unless you think they're such great buddies with Musharraf that they'd actually want him to make a buck by spreading nuclear technology to the terrorist corners of the world.