Washington, DC [US], November 23 (ANI): Ex- CIA operations officer James Lawler , who led covert missions that penetrated, sabotaged, and ultimately exposed AQ Khan 's global nuclear trafficking network, stated that the turning point came when US intelligence confronted Pakistan's leadership, including President Pervez Musharraf , with "absolutely incontrovertible evidence" that Khan was selling Pakistan's nuclear secrets abroad.

Lawler recalled in an interview with ANI that CIA Director George Tenet personally briefed Musharraf that AQ Khan "was betraying Pakistan's nuclear secrets to at least the Libya ns and maybe others," prompting an explosive reaction before Khan was placed under years-long house arrest.

Expanding on this meeting, Lawler recounted that Tenet told Mush

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