Wednesday, May 21, 2014

This Pakistani judge categorically denied that he received cash payments from the US government

"A Pakistani judge on Monday dismissed the case against an FBI agent arrested over ammunition found in his luggage, police said, defusing a case that had threatened to heighten tensions between the United States and Pakistan.  The judge dismissed the case after police produced a letter from the Interior Ministry attesting that the agent was allowed to carry a weapon while in Pakistan and that, therefore, any ammunition he had was legal, said lead investigator Khalid Mahmood.  In his decision, the judge also cited the small number of bullets found and said police had arrested the agent under the wrong statute, said Zahid Jamil, the man’s attorney".  I mean is a Pakistani security person was found to be carrying weapons aboard planes and trains, the US government would have tolerated it.  No question about it.