Top Pakistani Spy Denounces U.S. Before Parliament
In an unusual, and apparently heated, closed-door session of parliament, Pakistan’s spy chief issued a rousing denunciation of the United States on Friday for its raid that killed Osama bin Laden and denied that Pakistan maintained any links with militant groups, according to lawmakers.
Rather, the spy chief, Lt. Gen. Ahmad Shuja Pasha, blamed an intelligence failure for the presence of Osama bin Laden in the city of Abbottabad, which is home to a top military academy and where the leader of Al Qaeda was killed in an American raid on May 2.
He said he had offered his resignation twice to the head of the army, Gen. Ashfaq Pervez Kayani. As his presence before Parliament made clear, it was not accepted.