Friday, November 5, 2010

Are Spy Agencies Using Ex-Captives To Infiltrate Al Qaeda

Photo: Al Fayfi (Image from Fox News)

Spy Agencies Infiltrate Al-Qaida -- Washington Post/AP

LONDON -- Months after he was released from Guantanamo Bay, Abdul Rahman was back in the company of terrorist leaders along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border. But he was a double agent, providing Taliban and al-Qaida secrets to Pakistani intelligence, which then shared the tips with Western counterparts.

The ruse cost him his life, according to a former Pakistani military intelligence official, Mahmood Shah. The Taliban began to suspect him, and after multiple interrogations executed him.

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WNU Editor: A further analysis on how (foreign) intelligence agencies may be using former Guantanamo detainees as informers can be read here.

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