Record shows Abbottabad Commission was penetrated by CIA
Umar Cheema
Friday, August 02, 2013
From Print Edition
ISLAMABAD: A mind-blowing detail has emerged from the internal correspondence of NGO Save the Children disclosing its infiltration into the Abbottabad Commission to save its skin following allegations of the CIAs penetration into the NGO in a hunt for Osama bin Laden through Dr Shakil Afridi, now under arrest in Peshawar.
Some of us suspected that the khakis had access to the record and receive daily updates but never realised an NGO had infiltrated too, said an official privy to the Commissions working.
The leaked communication indicates that Lt Gen (retd) Nadeem Ahmed, an unofficial representative of the Army and ISI in the Commission, was allegedly cultivated by Save the Children who would offer him how-to-do bailout advice, even sharing details about the internal politics of the Commission and classified record, something in radical contradiction to his reputation as a thorough professional and a man of integrity.
He briefed the deputy country director of Save the Children, according to the email, about the views of different members, staunch opposition from a panel colleague, Ashraf Jehangir Qazi, resulting in his dissenting note on the NGO and other institutions, and Gen (retd) Nadeems plan to effectively counter this note in collaboration with Justice (R) Javed Iqbal, the Chairman.