Infiltration of Abbottabad Commission by Save the Children *BREAKING LEAK*

[SCLeks]

The first leak is an email, sent by Hassan Saadi, which he sent after meeting a member of the Abbottabad commission, who he refers to as a friend(Lt.Gen. (Retd) Nadeem Ahmed). This is one of the most revealing and damning piece of evidence about how Save the Children tried to infiltrate Abbottabad Commission and influence the nature of the final report.

Muhammad Noor, Hassan Saadi – Former DCD Emergencies, Pakistan – Currently out of Pakistan.
Krift, Tom – Vice President, Strategic Operations
Khan, Amanullah – DCD Program Implementation, Pakistan – Currently out of country.
Aleem Afnan – Director Security, Pakistan – Currently out of country.
Novel Mike – Regional Director, South & Central Asia


From: Muhammad Noor, Hassan Saadi (Hassan.Noor@savethechildren.org)
Sent: Tue 11/20/12 4:30 PM
To: Novell, Mike (SCI) (mike.novell@savethechildren.org); Krift, Tom (tkrift@savechildren.org); Khan, Amanullah (Amanullah.Khan@savethechildren.org)
Cc: Aleem, Afnan (afnan.aleem@savethechildren.org)
Hi All,

Today I had a brief meeting with our friend and following are some of the key points discussed

- The report primarily was compiled by our friend in the end and was endorsed by the chairman after incorporating the feedback that chairman had. However, one of the member (former ambassador) was not in agreement with the two members and said that after reviewing he might write a note of dissent. Unfortunately, his brother passed away in late October and therefore he was away and unavailable and after couple of weeks he started writing the note.

- The two members were excepting a short note of dissent that excluded Save the Children. However, few days back they received a note of dissent that in itself is a full report as it is a 73 pager note.

- Legally speaking, if commission wanted to issue the report they were bound to include the note. However, the note of dissent is a very strong one and is a full report almost. Very importantly, the note of dissent criticizes the two panel members were being soft on certain institutions (including Save the Children)

- The commission simply could not issue the report with that note and therefore now they are working on developing counter arguments on the note; however, it is taking them a lot of time and so far they have reached to just 16 pages.

- The commission needs to have a lot of comments removed from the note before it is in a shape that the report could be shared otherwise it can jeopardize the integrity of the members of commission. The third member is being very staunch in his ideas and not willing to change his stance and therefore the other two members have to work extra hard to factually prove wrong a lot of things that this third member is saying.

- With regards to Save the Children, the note says that CIA was working through Save the Children and had its operatives embedded in the organization. The Haripur house was taken to collect the DNA residue to continue looking for the trail of the deceased. Once that job was done, the house was vacated. Afridi’s statement, though might be inconsistent, also indicates the same thing that Save the Children is working on behalf of CIA

- The fourth member of the commission (Abbas Ali Khan) also is not content with the report, but rather coming with a note, has decided to stay in US, that he went to on pretext of medical grounds. He is not willing to sign the report in the current shape but also does not want to put in a note of dissent and therefore continues to prolong his stay in US.

- With these two members out, commission is no position to submit the report to the government.

- As a way forward, the two members will work with the third member and try to come to a point where the note is significantly reduced and number of comments are taken out from the report. This very well take some time and if all goes well then commission might be able to submit the report by next month. However, with current contents, it might never be published because the note of dissent talks about number of very sensitive issues very openly that cannot be shared

- To my question on so what Save the Children should do in this case? His reply was, that we need to work with MOI and EAD to build relationships and confidence. It would take few months for Save the Children to be back to complete normalcy. His opinion was that it might take 5 to 8 months for that to happen.

Best

Muhammad Hassan Noor Saadi | Deputy Country Director, Emergencies | Save the Children | House 3, Street 25, F-7/2, Islamabad | hassan.noor@savethechildren.org | Office: +92 51 2609601-9| Mobile: +92 300 8509351 | Skype: hassansaadi76

 

[Elmo]

@SCLeks How did you get a hold of this?

 

[Elmo]

@Xeric @Icarus @fatman17 @nuclearpak @muse - what do you guys have to say about this?

 

[A1Kaid]

Solution is simple ban Save the Children NGO arrest them all and deport them permanent ban from Pakistan.

 

[pkuser2k12]

Record shows Abbottabad Commission was penetrated by CIA​

Umar Cheema
Friday, August 02, 2013
From Print Edition


ISLAMABAD: A mind-blowing detail has emerged from the internal correspondence of NGO Save the Children disclosing its infiltration into the Abbottabad Commission to save its skin following allegations of the CIA’s penetration into the NGO in a hunt for Osama bin Laden through Dr Shakil Afridi, now under arrest in Peshawar.



“Some of us suspected that the khakis had access to the record and receive daily updates but never realised an NGO had infiltrated too,” said an official privy to the Commission’s working.



The leaked communication indicates that Lt Gen (retd) Nadeem Ahmed, an unofficial representative of the Army and ISI in the Commission, was allegedly cultivated by Save the Children who would offer him ‘how-to-do’ bailout advice, even sharing details about the internal politics of the Commission and classified record, something in radical contradiction to his reputation as a thorough professional and a man of integrity.



He briefed the deputy country director of Save the Children, according to the email, about the views of different members, staunch opposition from a panel colleague, Ashraf Jehangir Qazi, resulting in his dissenting note on the NGO and other institutions, and Gen (retd) Nadeem’s plan to effectively counter this note in collaboration with Justice (R) Javed Iqbal, the Chairman.



Another member, Abbas Khan, was neither willing to sign the report in its current shape, discloses email record, nor wanted to put a dissenting note hence decided to prolong his stay in the US where he went on the ‘pretext of medical ground’.



More alarmingly, the NGO was granted access to the Commission’s report well before it was sent to the prime minister. Save the Children had uninterrupted access to the four drafts prepared in June 2012 by the members including the chairman, email record available with The News indicates. All favours granted to Save the Children on behalf of the Commission were in clear breach of public trust raising question marks about the integrity of the members.



The chairman of the NGO, Save the Children, was contacted by The News. He initially agreed to meet but later stopped taking calls and did not respond to messages sent to him.Nadeem also felt confident, the email record shows, that he would be able to convince the panel with the answers given by the NGO and urge his colleagues to go by the facts presented by Save the Children instead of believing on the contents of Afridi’s statement.



Gen (R) Nadeem also advised the NGO, an email of the country director reads, to fight the expulsion of our expatriate as otherwise the ISI would move quickly to close down the country programme before the Commission report comes out.



The NGO has neither denied the email record and the contents it carried (when shown by The News for seeking version) nor offered specific comments but that: “Our assistance to the Abbottabad Commission and its members including Gen Nadeem was within the legal parameters and Abbottabad Commission mandate to find facts.”



Nadeem was not available for comments, however, his close aide termed the allegations as utterly “rubbish and non-sense” when comments were sought after showing the email record



A transcript of internal wrangling: Muhammad Hassan Noor Saadi, deputy country director of Save the Children, met Gen (R) Nadeem on November 20, 2012 that followed his email to four senior colleagues. The report was primarily compiled by ‘our friend’, his email reads, and was endorsed by the Chairman but one of the members, Ashraf Qazi, was not in agreement with them. He wrote a dissenting note criticising Chairman Justice (R) Javed Iqbal and Gen (R) Nadeem ‘for being soft on certain institutions (including Save the Children).’



The Commission could not issue the report with that note and therefore now they are working on developing counter arguments on the note, read the email. The Commission needs to have a lot of comments removed from the note before it is in a shape that allows the report to be shared, the email continues, otherwise it can jeopardize the integrity of the members of the Commission. Justice (R) Javed Iqbal and Gen (R) Nadeem ‘have to work extra hard to factually prove a lot of things wrong that this third member is referring to,’ read the email of deputy country director. The email then explained the position of the fourth member, Abbas Ali Khan, absent from discussion. He is not willing to sign the report in the current shape, reads Hassan’s email, but also does not want to put in a note of dissent and therefore continues to prolong his stay in the US where he went on the pretext of treatment. As a way forward, the email continues, the two members will work with the third member (Ashraf Qazi) and try to come to a point where the note is significantly reduced and numbers of comments are taken out of the report.



Gen (R) Nadeem’s advisory role of the NGO: The email also brings to light his role as adviser to the NGO. To a question that what Save the Children should do, Nadeem advised the deputy country director to build relationship and confidence with the Ministry of Interior and Economic Affairs Division. “It would take few months for you to be back to complete normalcy,” Gen (R) Nadeem advised.



In another email generated on August 29, 2012, David Wright, the country director, wrote that ‘on my instructions Hassan asked Gen (R) Nadeem to give an honest assessment as to what he thinks our chances are of surviving this.’ Gen (R) Nadeem replied that he felt confident regarding the answers we (NGO) will give to the questions proposed, ‘he could convince the other commission members to go with the fact rather than the content of Afridi’s statement.’ Gen (R) Nadeem also advised to fight the expulsion of our expatriates, Wrights email continued. “He felt if we did not do this and the expats left, the ISI would then move quickly to close down the country programme before the Commission report comes out.”



Report draft shared with the NGO: Wright’s another email indicates that the draft was shared more than once with the NGO. Referring to a meeting of two senior officers of Save the Children with Gen (R) Nadeem, the country director said they were shown the report written by the Chairman of the Commission. The email said there were four versions of the report in June 2012 and these were reduced to two in August that year. However, they have reservations about the latest version shared in August as ‘the report which was originally thought to be our saviour, will be the tool for this expulsion.’ We will do our best, the email reads, to work ‘with our friends and try and get our responses in before the report is finalised.’

SOURCE:
THE NEWS
Record shows Abbottabad Commission was penetrated by CIA - thenews.com.pk

Lt Gen (retd) Nadeem Ahmed​

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[A1Kaid]

BBC News - Save the Children foreign staff ordered out of Pakistan

 

[Elmo]

I see Umar Cheema has done a detailed story on in The News: Record shows Abbottabad Commission was penetrated by CIA - thenews.com.pk

Highly damning.

"The leaked communication indicates that Lt Gen (retd) Nadeem Ahmed, an unofficial representative of the Army and ISI in the Commission, was allegedly cultivated by Save the Children who would offer him ‘how-to-do’ bailout advice, even sharing details about the internal politics of the Commission and classified record, something in radical contradiction to his reputation as a thorough professional and a man of integrity.

He briefed the deputy country director of Save the Children, according to the email, about the views of different members, staunch opposition from a panel colleague, Ashraf Jehangir Qazi, resulting in his dissenting note on the NGO and other institutions, and Gen (retd) Nadeem’s plan to effectively counter this note in collaboration with Justice (R) Javed Iqbal, the Chairman.

Another member, Abbas Khan, was neither willing to sign the report in its current shape, discloses email record, nor wanted to put a dissenting note hence decided to prolong his stay in the US where he went on the ‘pretext of medical ground’.

More alarmingly, the NGO was granted access to the Commission’s report well before it was sent to the prime minister. Save the Children had uninterrupted access to the four drafts prepared in June 2012 by the members including the chairman, email record available with The News indicates. All favours granted to Save the Children on behalf of the Commission were in clear breach of public trust raising question marks about the integrity of the members."




@SCLeks: how did you get a hold of it a week in advance?

 

[Argus Panoptes]

BBC News - Save the Children foreign staff ordered out of Pakistan

I think it is time to shut down all foreign funded NGOs in the country. ALL of them. This is too much.

 

[A1Kaid]

I think it is time to shut down all foreign funded NGOs in the country. ALL of them. This is too much.

But Sir that can't happen Government is too corrupt.

 

[Argus Panoptes]

But Sir that can't happen Government is too corrupt.

Then the military should declare them to be a national security risk (which they ARE), and then take action itself.

 

[pkuser2k12]

Russia has banned USAID program and also some other countries



They even let agents in Pakistan under helping in floods and earthquakes



RESET. Putin bans USAID in Russia

RESET. Putin bans USAID in Russia - Kavkazcenter.com



Bolivian President Evo Morales tells USAID to leave country

http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/...resident-evo-morales-asks-usaid-leave-country

 

[Elmo]

I think it is time to shut down all foreign funded NGOs in the country. ALL of them. This is too much.

Who are you to decide or even recommend that all need to be shut down?

Guilt by association?

 

[A1Kaid]

Then the military should declare them to be a national security risk (which they ARE), and then take action itself.

Sir Pakistan is a democracy government needs to issue such order not military.

 

[Elmo]

Sir Pakistan is a democracy government needs to issue such order not military.

Wait, wait. What is the basis for issuing such an order?

 

[A1Kaid]

Wait, wait. What is the basis for issuing such an order?

An NGO with nefarious intent and actions against the state. Besides some officials of the Save the Children were deported last year but the NGO as a whole hasn't been banned.