Meanwhile the New York Times published a major article Sunday outlining how Pakistan helped the nuclear programs of Iran, Libya and North Korea. According to the Times, the U.S. has repeatedly looked away as Pakistan first became a nuclear power and then shared its wealth of knowledge. In 1986, U.S. intelligence agencies concluded that Pakistan had suceeded in making weapon-grade uranium. That same year President Reagan gave Pakistan $4 billion in aid. At the time Pakistan was working with the U.S. in its covert war against the Soviets in Afghanistan. Now the U.S. is turning a blind eye to Pakistan’s nuclear dealings because it seen as an ally in the war on terror. One senior European diplomat told the Times “There is this almost empty-headed recitation of assurances that whatever Pakistan did in the past it’s over, it’s no longer a problem. But there’s is no evidence that it has ever stopped.”