The Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) had leaked the US intelligence information on bomb making factories in Pakistan’s tribal areas, a top republican senator said as he demanded the Obama administration to establish strong benchmarks for American aid to Islamabad.
“When CIA director Leon Panetta testified sharing information with the Pakistan army and ISI on bomb-making factories, they had notified the ISI about the IED factory and the CIA watched it by satellite, empty out and later the army came. Such a story is so disappointing particularly when we talk about IEDs,” Senator John McCain said.
“I believe we need a set of benchmarks and expectations from the government of Pakistan. However, i think it’s important in our calculations to point out that we tried the no-relations route. We tried it for 10 years. That move didn’t turn out very well,” he said responding to questions on US relationship with Pakistan at a panel discussion on Afghanistan, organised by the Institute for the Study of War, a Washington-based think-tank.
