Monday, May 9, 2011

Pakistani ISI' 'deliberate leak of CIA station chief intended to show leverage & complicate its work'...


 "For the second time in five months...  a deliberate effort to complicate the work of the American spy agency in the aftermath of the raid that killed Osama Bin Laden, (and) intended to show the leverage the Pakistanis retain over American interests in the country, both sides said... ... The Pakistani spy agency gave the name of the station chief to The Nation, a conservative daily newspaper with a small circulation that is supportive of the ISI, American and Pakistani officials said. The ISI commonly plants stories in the Pakistani media and is known to keep some journalists on its payroll... ...  From that (earlier) exposure, the station chief received death threats and quickly left the country, Obama administration officials said. The new station chief had no intention of leaving Pakistan, American officials said... Described as one of the agency’s toughest and most experienced officers, the current station chief supervised aspects of the successful raid against Bin Laden, including the C.I.A. safe house used to spy on the compound where Bin Laden lived for five years...The relationship between the new station chief and the head of the ISI, Lt. Gen. Ahmed Shuja Pasha, has been described as particularly acrimonious by officials familiar with their meetings. The two men first clashed over the case of Raymond A. Davis, a C.I.A. contractor who killed two Pakistanis ... "

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