"News of that anti-hepatitis campaign, which U.S. officials said did not
succeed in collecting bin Laden DNA, has stirred outrage among international
public-health organizations, which say it could deal a stiff blow to efforts to
stem polio and expand routine vaccinations in Pakistan and beyond. In a nation
swirling with rumors of CIA plots, critics say, this real-life one could cement public
suspicions, play to radical clerics’ anti-vaccine propaganda and endanger
health workers. “This is an example of the abuse of medical care for political or military
ends,” said Benoit de Gryse, Doctors Without Borders’ head of mission in
Pakistan, adding that it could cause patients to view health-care providers “as
potential suspects.”"