JONATHAN TURLEY

CIA Intercepts Tie Pakistani Intelligence Service to July 7th bombing of India’s Embassy in Kabul

The CIA has disclosed that surveillance intercepts show Pakistani Intelligence officials planning the attack on India’s embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan — an attack that killed 54 people. The evidence also implicates the service in working with militants in Afghanistan and leaking American efforts to track down terrorists. It is a rare disclosure that is clearly designed to force action against the spy service.

The Directorate of Inter-Services Intelligence, or ISI, has long been accused of helping terrorists, including those connected to Al Qaeda. The Pakistani government was also accused recently of a cover-up in the development of a nuclear program with A.Q. Kahn. Kahn has gone public with statements that the Pakistanis lied to the U.S. and used him as a scapegoat for its nuclear proliferation efforts. He was promptly gagged by the government, click here.

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