Energy Secretary Rick Perry has signed at least six "secret" authorizations recently allowing a number of American companies to sell nuclear technology and provide assistance to Saudi Arabia int he development of such programs.

The Trump Administration has been pursuing such sales for awhile. The companies involved in the deals have not yet been made public, and officials say those companies specifically asked Trump to keep their involvement an official secret.

Legally the US is forbidden from providing anything related to nuclear weaponry development to the Saudis. Officially, this means the deals so far are strictly about civilian programs, and a pair of nuclear power plants the Saudis might like to build some day.