they're breaking the law AGAIN

also from today's papers:

the (indian nuke) agreement with India "marked a significant break from decades of U.S. nuclear policy." That's because under the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, the U.S. and other nuke-holding countries are supposed to give nuclear know-how and fuel only to countries that sign on the treaty and promise to skip making weapons. Indiahasn't exactly done either. Slate's Fred Kaplanr ecently detailedhow the coming dealviolates the NNT, U.S. law, and may be unwise to boot.

as one analyst told the NYT: it's Santa Clause negoitating