{"id":3383,"date":"2009-02-06T09:15:44","date_gmt":"2009-02-06T14:15:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?p=3383"},"modified":"2009-02-06T09:53:46","modified_gmt":"2009-02-06T14:53:46","slug":"whats-the-worst-that-could-happen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/whats-the-worst-that-could-happen","title":{"rendered":"What’s the worst that could happen?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Abdul Qadeer Khan, a Pakistani nuclear bomb expert who sold secrets to Iran, North Korea and Libya, is a free man<\/a>!<\/p>\n

Khan said he was finished with his nuclear work and wanted to devote his time to education. He said he had no plan to travel abroad apart from Mecca, in Saudi Arabia, for a Muslim pilgrimage.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I see nothing that could go wrong with that plan!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Abdul Qadeer Khan, a Pakistani nuclear bomb expert who sold secrets to Iran, North Korea and Libya, is a free man! Khan said he was finished with his nuclear work and wanted to devote his time to education. He said he had no plan to travel abroad apart from Mecca, in Saudi Arabia, for a … <\/p>\n

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