The State Department is imposing an unusual gag order on Congress members briefed on a pending US nuclear deal with India. The Washington Post reports lawmakers have been told to keep quiet out of fear public disclosure would threaten the agreement. The information they received is not classified. But State Department officials are said to be concerned over Indian opposition fears that the deal would harm Indian sovereignty. India would receive access to US nuclear technology for the first time. Critics say the agreement would encourage nuclear production regionally and worldwide, because it effectively rewards India for developing nuclear weapons outside the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty. Daryl Kimball of the Arms Control Association said, “The administration’s unwillingness to make their answers more widely available suggests they have something to hide from either US or Indian legislators.”