Being a biographer may have given him mind reading skills. He seems to be knowing precisely why US undertook this deal and what Pakistan and China thinks of it.
He may be on firmer on one matter. the additional protocols he refers to are probably implementation specific. If they are not, it is worth a wait before judging the nature of the deal.
We need to see the deal as an Apex agreement which permits dual-use technologies. For instance we do not manufacture IC chips yet, while China the so called strategic contender for US, has been provided with over a dozen such plants.
There is no reason for India to continue in this technology denial mode.
