CIA : We couldn't trust the Pakistani ( What a Shock ) Bin Bagged

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Description: Footage from inside Bin Laden's compound The head of the CIA has said the US did not tell Pakistan about the operation to capture al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden because it feared the Pakistanis would leak information to the targets. CIA director Leon Panetta told Time magazine they decided co-operation "could jeopardise the mission". Pakistan's intelligence agency, the ISI, says it is embarrassed by its failures on Bin Laden. Pakistan's government denied knowledge of the raid before it took place. Bin Laden, 54, was the founder and leader of al-Qaeda. He is believed to have ordered the attacks on New York and Washington on 11 September 2001, as well as a number of other deadly bombings. In its article, billed as Mr Panetta's first interview since Bin Laden was killed, Time magazine says "the CIA ruled out participating with its nominal South Asian ally early on". It quotes Mr Panetta as saying "it was decided that any effort to work with the Pakistanis could jeopardize the mission. They might alert the targets". Pakistan received $1.3bn (£786m) in US aid last year and provides logistical support for the Nato mission in Afghanistan. However, relations between Islamabad and Washington have been strained by US suspicions that the ISI is covertly backing militants in Afghanistan, and by anger over US drone strikes in Pakistani tribal areas. 'Sharing information' Pakistan's ministry of foreign affairs has defended the ISI. In a statement, it said: "As far as the target ...Bin Bagged
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