The Atlantic 's Jeffrey Goldberg and

This combined Atlantic/National Journal reporting effort, the product of dozens of interviews over the course of six months, marks the first time the two publications have collaborated on joint cover stories.

The full version of the story, to be published in the December issue of The Atlantic, is available online today HERE.

A version focused on Pakistan's nuclear security appears in the November 5th issue of National Journal and is available to subscribers online today at HERE.

Additional highlights of Goldberg and Ambinder's reporting include:

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  After the raid in Abbottabad, the Pakistanis began dispersing their nuclear arsenal—including already assembled nuclear weapons—at a much higher pace in order to hide them from the Americans, often moving them in ordinary vans without noticeable defenses in the regular flow of traffic;
  
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  Admiral Mike Mullen's public break with Pakistan came after he learned through reliable intelligence that the office of General Ashfaq Kayani, the Pakistani chief of army staff and Mullen's direct counterpart, was involved in ordering the murder of a prominent Pakistani journalist;
  
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  The U.S. has precise operational plans to seize or disable Pakistan's nukes in the event of a coup or other crisis;
  
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  The U.S. and China have discussed this disablement campaign, and China believes that it is in its own interest to see plans like this put into effect if the Pakistani nuke program is threatened;
  
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  If the U.S. judged Pakistan according to the same set of standards it uses to judge other countries, it would place Pakistan on its list of state sponsors of terrorism.
  

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