‘US essentially just purchased Musharraf,’ says ex-CIA officer; claims Pentagon controlled Pakistan’s nukes

Former CIA officer John Kiriakou claimed that the United States “essentially purchased” former Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf through millions in aid, with Musharraf handing control of the country’s nuclear arsenal to the Pentagon .

‘Pentagon controlled the Pakistani nuclear arsenal’

In an interview with ANI, he claimed, “When I was stationed in Pakistan in 2002, I was told unofficially that the Pentagon controlled the Pakistani nuclear arsenal, that Musharraf had turned control over to the United States because he was afraid of exactly what you just described [This was nuclear weapons going into the hands of terrorists].”

He added that Pakistan has always denied this. “The Pakistanis have said that it is not true. The United States has nothing to do with the Pakistani nuclea