U.S. Admiral Mullen Says Pakistan's ISI Supported Kabul Embassy Attack

Mullen Asserts Pakistani Role in Attack on U.S. Embassy -- New York Times

WASHINGTON — Pakistan’s intelligence agency aided the insurgents who attacked the American Embassy in Kabul last week, Adm. Mike Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told the Senate on Thursday.

In comments that were the first to directly link Pakistan’s powerful spy agency, the Inter-Services Intelligence Directorate, or ISI, with an assault on the United States, Admiral Mullen went further than any other American official in blaming the ISI for undermining the American military effort in Afghanistan. The United States has long said that the ISI has close links to Afghan insurgents, particularly the Haqqani network, but no one has been as blunt as Admiral Mullen. He is to retire at the end of this month.

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More News On Adm. Mike Mullen Accusing Pakistan Of Aiding Militants In Afghanistan

Mullen accuses Pakistani government of exporting violence to Afghanistan -- Washington Post
Mullen: Pakistanis export violence to Afghanistan -- USA Today
U.S. says Pakistan's ISI supported Kabul embassy attack -- Reuters
US Military: Pakistan ‘Exports Violence’ to Afghanistan -- Voice of America
US Admiral: 'Haqqani is veritable arm of Pakistan's ISI' -- BBC
Pakistan 'backed Haqqani attack on Kabul' - Mike Mullen -- BBC
US slams Pakistan for 'supporting' Haqqani -- Al Jazeera
Pakistan ISI 'exporting violence' to Afghanistan: US -- AFP
Mullen: Pakistan exports violence to Afghanistan -- CBS/AP
U.S. Military Chief Says Pakistan 'Exporting Violence' To Afghanistan -- Radio Free Europe
Pakistan was behind attacks on U.S. Embassy in Afghanistan, says Mike Mullen -- Daily Mail
US suspects Pakistan's hand in Kabul embassy attack -- Christian Science Monitor
Pakistan using Haqqani network to wage 'proxy war' in Afghanistan -- The Telegraph
Admiral Mullen: Pakistani ISI sponsoring Haqqani attacks -- Long War Journal
PAKISTAN: Officials reject U.S. charges of links to Haqqani group -- L.A. Times
More U.S.-Pakistan Kabuki Over Islamabad's Terror Ties -- Ishaan Tharoor, Time

My Comment: News on Pakistani support of the Taliban is nothing new, but coming from an official like Admiral Mullen is new. What is my take .... Adm. Mike Mullen is retiring very soon .... so he is now unleashing what he has probably known .... and kept to himself .... for a very long time.