Washington, Nov. 23 -- Celebrated former CIA officer James Lawler, widely credited for bringing down A Q Khan's nuclear smuggling network, recounted the early experiences that shaped his intelligence career, describing how he earned the nickname "Mad Dog" and why he came to call Khan the "Merchant of Death".

The former head of the CIA's Counter-Proliferation Division, in an interview with ANI, detailed his role in exposing and sabotaging global nuclear trafficking networks linked to the Pakistani scientist.

Lawler outlined how these covert efforts eventually drew in AQ Khan's proliferation network. The United States had monitored Khan's role in building Pakistan's nuclear capability for years before analysts realised the scale of his ou...