Freed CIA Contractor Leaves Pakistan After 'Blood Money' Paid

Spy Game: The CIA, Pakistan And 'Blood Money' -- Al Jazeera

CIA contractor and former Blackwater employee Raymond Davis flees Pakistan after killing two men in a murky mission.

The case of Raymond Davis has all the trappings of a 21st century spy novel.

It is a story of murder, prison and clandestine payments, starring a burly former US Special Forces soldier tangled in a murky web of intelligence agencies, competing diplomats and – differentiating his case from Cold War spy sagas – shady private military contractors.

Pakistani authorities released the CIA contractor from prison on Wednesday, after families of two motorcyclists he killed in January were paid a reported $2.3mn in "blood money".

Details surrounding the case are sketchy at best: a series of claims and counter-claims from various diplomats, agencies and organisations which are almost impossible to independently verify. And the stakes are high.

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More News On The Case Of CIA Contractor Raymond Davis

Freed CIA contractor leaves Pakistan -- Reuters
CIA Contractor Freed in Compensation Deal -- Wall Street Journal
Pakistan Releases CIA Contractor -- Voice of America
'Blood Money' Deal Frees CIA Contractor Raymond Davis From Pakistan -- ABC News
CIA contractor Raymond Davis freed in Pakistan killings -- L.A. Times
Records: 'Blood money' paid to kin of Pakistanis killed by U.S. man -- CNN
U.S. didn’t pay blood money to secure Davis’ release, says Clinton -- The Hindu
US Denies Paying 'Blood Money' for CIA Contractor's Release -- Voice of America
Pakistan anger over release of CIA killer Raymond Davis -- BBC
Pakistan furore over Raymond Davis' release -- Times Of India
Furore in Pakistan over release of CIA killer -- Sydney Morning Herald
Pakistan furore over American's release -- Al Jazeera
CIA contractor release eases Pakistan-US tensions -- Miami Herald/AP
CIA faces reduced role in Pakistan after murder row -- Reuters
Pakistan: How Shari'a Freed American Ray Davis -- Omar Waraich, Time Magazine
Analysis:CIA denouement likely to leave scars for U.S., Pakistan -- Reuters
Perfidious America: The Davis case has knocked Washington off the moral high ground in Pakistan -- Imtiaz Gul, Wall Street Journal
The blood money deal to release CIA contractor Raymond Davis -- David Ignatius, Washington Post