I mean, couldn't this guy have been whisked out beforehand or even during the raid in one of the Blackhawk helicopters? Didn't the US intelligence know that Al Qaida sympathizers in the Pakistani army and government, who were probably harboring bin Laden, were going to punish this guy for embarrassing them?
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"US intelligence"... "US intelligence"... Can't...quite...process that one. All praise Obama.
Posted by: Dean C. Rowan | May 24, 2012 at 04:06 PM
It's going to cost Pakistan $1million for each year of Afridi's sentence, unless they capitulate and ship him off for (higher studies? fellowship?) a la Cheng to the US.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5g1BkaLuKXvE1gWEJSjTRW2bZsezQ?docId=b35bff82804641bba498bf7aaffcac44
Posted by: Sujatha | May 24, 2012 at 05:32 PM
Here is a balanced article on this confederacy of deception - from all sides.
Posted by: Ruchira | May 30, 2012 at 11:24 PM
He apparently opted to stay in Pakistan after the raid. US intelligence did ask him to come home to Uncle Sam. The poor guy obviously underestimated how bad ISI felt about Abbottabad..
Posted by: omar | May 31, 2012 at 12:21 PM