Musharraf Admits Nuclear Leaks
Speaking at the World Economic Forum in Switzerland, Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf admitted that Pakistani nuclear scientists have been selling secrets: Musharraf: It Appears Scientists Sold Secrets.
DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) - Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf said on Friday it appeared Pakistani scientists had sold nuclear secrets abroad, but reiterated Islamabad’s position that there had been no official involvement.Pakistan says it began questioning its nuclear scientists, including the father of its atomic bomb, Abdul Qadeer Khan, after the U.N. nuclear agency began investigating possible links between the Pakistani and Iranian nuclear programs.
Musharraf told CNN while attending the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, that the investigation, launched in November, would be finished in “a few weeks.”
Asked the likely outcome, he replied: “Well, I would not like to predict, but it appears that some individuals, as I said, were involved for personal financial gain.”
Musharraf went further than past statements from his government that individual scientists “may” have transferred nuclear technology to neighboring Iran.