The CIA chief in Pakistan who oversaw the raid that killed Osama bin Laden in 2011 left the country with an ailment and suspicions that he had been poisoned by the country’s Inter-Services Intelligence agency.
The Washington Post reported:
The CIA station chief was so violently ill that he was often doubled over in pain, current and former U.S. officials said. Trips out of the country for treatment proved futile. And the cause of his ailment was so mysterious, the officials said, that both he and the agency began to suspect that he had been poisoned. Mark Kelton retired from the CIA and his health has recovered after he had abdominal surgery. But agency officials continue to think that it is plausible–if not provable–that Kelton’s sudden illness was somehow orchestrated by Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence agency, known as the ISI.
Reports at the time of the CIA chief’s exit, which occurred just months after bin Laden’s death, attributed it to illness and also indicated that he left amid tense relations with the ISI. The CIA chief did not accept requests from the Post for an interview but said briefly over the phone that the cause of his ailment “was never clarified.” He said he was not the first individual to suspect being poisoned.
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WNU Editor: When it comes to Pakistan .... I learned a long time ago to be wary of what they say/do/and promise. Mind you .... the CIA also has a chequered past in this region. The Washington Post article that explores this possibility is here .... After presiding over bin Laden raid, CIA chief in Pakistan came home suspecting he was poisoned by ISI (Washington Post). Note: Washington Post has a pay-wall limit.
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