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Killgore Trout5/08/2011 1:07:45 pm PDT

Is Pakistan’s spy chief the first to bolt?
Pakistan’s chief spook missing in inaction

The head of Pakistan’s spy agency that the United States has informally declared as a terrorist outfit is missing amid calls for his resignation over the Osama bin laden episode.

Ahmed Shuja Pasha, Director General of Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), was reported to have left Pakistan for the United States on “summons” from Washington, but US officials have declined to confirm his arrival or presence here. Some sources indicated Pasha, fearing humiliation or worse, may be meeting with US interlocutors on “neutral” territory in the Gulf or Saudi Arabia.


No news reports of his meetings with US officials. “Or Worse” makes me think he fears he might be arrested. If he really thinks that I doubt he would show up for a meeting with the US anywhere.