06-15-2011, 08:10 AM
[url="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/15/world/asia/15policy.html?_r=2&hp"]Pakistan Arrests C.I.A. Informants in Bin Laden Raid[/url]
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Quote:Pakistanââ¬â¢s detention of five C.I.A. informants, including a Pakistani Army major who officials said copied the license plates of cars visiting Bin Ladenââ¬â¢s compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan, in the weeks before the raid, is the latest evidence of the fractured relationship between the United States and Pakistan. It comes at a time when the Obama administration is seeking Pakistanââ¬â¢s support in brokering an endgame in the war in neighboring Afghanistan.
At a closed briefing last week, members of the Senate Intelligence Committee asked Michael J. Morell, the deputy C.I.A. director, to rate Pakistanââ¬â¢s cooperation with the United States on counterterrorism operations, on a scale of 1 to 10.
ââ¬ÅThree,ââ¬Â Mr. Morell replied, according to officials familiar with the exchange.
The fate of the C.I.A. informants arrested in Pakistan is unclear, but American officials said that the C.I.A. director, Leon E. Panetta, raised the issue when he travelled to Islamabad last week to meet with Pakistani military and intelligence officers.
Some in Washington see the arrests as illustrative of the disconnect between Pakistani and American priorities at a time when they are supposed to be allies in the fight against Al Qaeda ââ¬â instead of hunting down the support network that allowed Bin Laden to live comfortably for years, the Pakistani authorities are arresting those who assisted in the raid that killed the worldââ¬â¢s most wanted man.
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