An Agreement Between U.S. And Pakistani Intelligence Services On Future Relations?

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Breakthrough Likely In ISI-CIA Talks -- DAWN

ISLAMABAD: The Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) are close to a reset in their knotty relations, with behind-the-scene negotiations reportedly making progress.

A breakthrough is likely in days ahead.

An end to the feud will not only help resolve the dispute over immunity for jailed CIA operative Raymond Davis but also help both countries overcome the hard patch in their ties.

“There are some positive developments in ongoing negotiations,” a security official told Dawn on Monday without specifying how much ground the two sides had covered.

He, however, said both sides were ‘grudgingly accommodating each other’ to save the overall bilateral relationship.

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My Comment: It is the Pakistanis who are pushing this idea that some accommodation will be reached with U.S. intelligence services. Personally .... I am skeptical that such an 'accommodation' can be sustainable. Pakistan's support of terror organizations that are at war with India makes U.S. officials uneasy .... even more so when their own agents are arrested and put in jail.

A good review on the relationship between U.S. and Pakistani intelligence services can be found here.

Update: Some are optimistic that some form of a comprehensive agreement between U.S. and Pakistani intelligence services will still be reached.