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Reports that, roughly a year after Libya disarmed and Pakistan put Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan under house arrest, the intelligence agencies and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) are still far from fully understanding Khan's atomic black market. Background on the rogue nuclear network led by Khan, chief architect of Pakistan's bomb; How the inquiry into Khan's global enterprise has been hampered by discord between the U.S. President George W. Bush administration and the IAEA; Khan's role as mastermind of the largest illicit nuclear proliferation network in history; Concerns; Outlook. INSET: A Nuclear Network Partly Revealed.

Discusses the concern of Salahuddin Khan, owner of Good Looks Fabrics and Tailors store in Islamabad, Pakistan, about the business implications of having Pakistani nuclear scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan as a regular customer. Abdul's confession to sharing nuclear technology with Iran, North Korea, and Libya; American investigators' discovery of a plastic bag from Salahuddin's Islamabad store in a nuclear weapons facility in Libya; Questions about the store's innocence and how one of its shopping bags ended up in Libya.

Investigates the proliferation of nuclear technology by Pakistan's founder of its nuclear program, Abdul Qadeer Khan, to Iran, Libya, and North Korea. Aspects of Khan's involvement at Khan Research Laboratories; Details of Khan's activities abroad in Iran, North Korea, and Libya; Efforts of American officials to investigate the proliferation by Khan; Statements released by the government of Pakistan and possible address of the nation by president Musharraf.