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Taking Uncle Sam for a Ride

Apr 18, 2012
Why has the Obama administration committed itself to releasing more than $1 billion to a government that has challenged its attempt to bring to justice an alleged mastermind of cross-border terrorism?

Bin Laden Holed Up in Pakistan Since 2003?

May 7, 2011
Pakistani security officials said Saturday that Osama bin Laden may have resided in the country's northern urban areas for almost eight years before U.S. forces killed him. That information creates new pressure for President Asif Ali Zardari to explain what Pakistan's leaders knew and when they knew it. (more)

Pakistan Grasps for Credit in the Finding of bin Laden

May 6, 2011
Although a team of highly trained U.S. SEALs backed by months of careful CIA and military preparation executed Sunday's raid on Osama bin Laden's compound, the Pakistani military would like you to know that it was its unparalleled intelligence work that ultimately led to the takedown of the world's most wanted terrorist.

CIA, Pakistan Spying in Tandem

Feb 25, 2010
In case you didn't know, there's a "secret war," as The New York Times puts it, going on in Pakistan, and the drone attacks that occasionally make headlines represent just one tactic that the U.S. is employing to target militants. Another involves CIA operatives joining forces with their Pakistani counterparts at the Directorate of Inter-Services Intelligence, the ISI.