Re: A.Q. Khan is a charachterless man: Pervez Musharraf
**SPIEGEL: **And how can a nuclear arsenal be safe when high-ranking officers support proliferation or even personally profit from it, as has been alleged? The nuclear scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan claims that the Pakistani army monitored and organized deals with countries like North Korea and Iran.
Musharraf: That is wrong, absolutely wrong. Mr. Khan is a characterless man.
Musharraf said that to SAVE Pakistan and Pakistan army. Otherwise instead of the illegal proliferation charges being against an individual A.Q.Khan) the entire army and government will get sanctioned as proliferators. End of all aid and assistance; even China will be compelled to toe that line.
BTW everybody knows the truth is it wasn’t just A.Q.Khan and likely bigwigs from army and government were involved but officially admitting it is one more nail in the coffin. That is what Musharraf is trying to prevent