A Revolving CIA Door In Pakistan -- Amir Mir, Asia TimesISLAMABAD - The ever-growing mistrust between the military and intelligence establishments of the two key allies in the "war on terror" - Washington and Islamabad - has widened to such an extent in recent months that their damaged ties are unlikely to reach the same level at which they were prior to the American military raid in Abbottabad on May 2 that killed the most wanted al-Qaeda chief, Osama bin Laden.
As Pakistan-United States military and intelligence ties continue to deteriorate following the January arrest of Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) contractor Raymond Davis for having killed two Pakistanis, Mark Carlton, the station chief of the CIA in Islamabad who oversaw the intelligence team that found the al-Qaeda chief, has been made to leave Pakistan prematurely.
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My Comment: U.S. court cases against Pakistan's ISI chiefs .... coupled with the Bin Laden killing .... is what blew this relationship out of the water. Throw in Pakistan's support of certain elements in the Taliban, this relationship is now on life support.
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