NEW YORK, Oct 3: US National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice said on Sunday President Pervez Musharraf has made certain that former scientist A. Q. Khan's nuclear network was put out of business, and "people are being brought to justice".

"I think we all know that A. Q. Khan was a particular kind of figure in Pakistani lore, a national hero, and Musharraf has dealt with what is a very difficult situation about A. Q. Khan, by making certain that he's out of business," Ms Rice told CNN on Sunday.

When pressed that Pakistan has refused International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to interview A. Q. Khan and the people in his network, Ms Rice insisted, "They've both been rolled up, and they are being brought to justice."

Ms Rice reiterated again and again "A. Q. Khan is out of business, and he is out of the business that he loved most, and if you don't think that his national humiliation is justice for what he did, I think it is. He's nationally humiliated."