US consulate employee Raymond Davis is escorted by police and officials out of court after facing a judge in Lahore, Jan 28, 2011. Photo: REUTERSLahore Shootout: Spy Rendezvous Gone Bad? -- Washington Post
A senior former U.S. diplomatic security agent suggested Thursday that the American involved in a fatal shootout in Lahore, Pakistan, was the victim of a spy meeting gone awry, not the target of a robbery or car-jacking attempt.
"It looks like an informant meet gone bad more than a car-jacking attempt,” said Fred Burton, a former deputy chief of the U.S. Diplomatic Security Service’s counter-terrorism division.
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More News On the Arrest of A Top US Diplomatic Official
Pakistan PM declines comment on US man's arrest -- AFP
US calls for release of official in Pakistan -- AP
US Demands Release of Diplomat in Pakistan -- Voice of America
U.S. Embassy calls for release of employee accused of fatal shooting -- CNN
U.S. Embassy demands release of diplomat held by Pakistan in shooting deaths -- L.A. Times
U.S. Seeks Release of Official in Pakistan -- New York Times
Lahore deaths accused 'is diplomat, must be freed' - US -- BBC
American Official Involved in Pakistan Shooting Identified -- ABC
‘Accused US diplomat holds no special privileges’ -- DAWN
My Comment: I am sure that he did not go out just to do the shopping knowing that by being white he would be a high profile target for robbery or kidnapping.
A retired Specials Forces soldier with a technical background .... you .... he smells intelligence and it looks like some Pakistanis want to make an example of him.
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