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The head of Pakistan's powerful Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) directorate met with CIA Director Leon Panetta on Monday to discuss ISI demands for greater control over US spy operations on Pakistani soil. The meeting, at CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia, represented an attempt by both Panetta and his Pakistani counterpart, Lieutenant-General Ahmad Shuja Pasha, to repair the critical relationship between the two agencies, which has suffered serious strains over the last six months. Officials indicated that the meeting had gone well, though key issues remain unresolved. "Director Panetta and General Pasha held productive discussions today, and the CIA-ISI relationship remains on solid footing," Preston Golson, a CIA spokesman, told Reuters. "The United States and Pakistan share a wide range of mutual interests, and today's exchange emphasized the need to continue to work closely together, including on our common fight against terrorist networks that threaten both countries." Privately, US officials acknowledged that despite renewed goodwill, some Pakistani demands for greater scrutiny over CIA activities in Pakistan were unacceptable to the US government. People familiar with the views of the Pakistani government said last month that, as part of a deal that resulted in the freeing of Raymond Davis, a CIA contract bodyguard who had been arrested on murder charges, the CIA agreed to cut back on US spying in Pakistan. The sources also said the CIA had agreed to give ISI more credit for its counter-terrorism efforts and to keep Pakistani authorities better informed of CIA activities. Reuters |
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