Revealed CIA agent recalled from Pakistan

The Associated Press reports that in Pakistan the head of the Central Intelligence Agency was recalled from Islamabad to the United States due to fears for his life..

According to information provided by the source of the agency, the resident, whose name has not been released, on December 16, flew to Washington on Thursday. The reason for these actions was the constant threats that came to him on behalf of unknown persons..

So it is noted that threats began to come to the spy after a resident of one of the most remote Pakistani regions turned to the police with a complaint against a certain American citizen named Jonathan Banks, who allegedly heads the local CIA cell.

Thus, Karim Haniz, who lives in North Waziristan, said that, as a CIA resident, this man coordinated an air raid that took place on December 31 last year, the victims of which were his relatives. In this regard, the Pakistani demanded to bring Bax to criminal responsibility. In addition, in a statement provided by the Pakistani, he also blamed the deaths of his relatives Robert Gates (US Secretary of Defense) and Leon Panetta (CIA Director).

Citing special secrecy, the United States government declined to comment on the lawsuit against Jonathan Banks. However, based on the words of an intelligence agency source, the statement made by Karim Khaniz revealed the resident’s cover, and his life was in danger. It should be noted that the Associated Press interlocutors did not disclose the name of a possible CIA agent in Islamabad..

Note that the CIA agent who left Islamabad is the head of the American intelligence cell in Pakistan. According to the news agency, usually one of the highest-ranking intelligence officers in the country, who oversees the Predator unmanned aircraft raids, directs the most important intelligence operations and liaises with Pakistani intelligence services..

High-level intelligence officers serving the CIA very rarely get to the center of this kind of events. Thus, the Associated Press recalls that recent US history has only two cases when the cover provided to the resident was opened. So in 1999, one of the Israeli periodicals revealed the identity of a CIA agent located in Tel Aviv. And in 2001, a photo and information about a CIA agent in Buenos Aires was published on the pages of one of the Argentine newspapers.

So «Associated Press» notes that in each of those cases the intelligence officers were recalled back to the United States..