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Pashas retirement a relief for United States
New Delhi: The United States breathed a perceptible sigh of relief over the retirement of Pakistans top spy Ahmad Shuja Pasha, with whom Washington had a tetchy relationship, with the usual hopeful prognosis accompanying the selection of Lt Gen Zahir-ul Islam as the new chief spook, Indian media quoting US officials reported on Sunday.
The changeover in Pakistan made headlines in America , where the media typically does not bother about similar personnel turnover in the intelligence agencies of Russia, China, the UK, India, France, Israel or any other country.
But with its toxic distinction of being terrorism central, the changes in Aabpara, the headquarters of Pakistans Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), attracted much attention in the US media TOI quoted in its column.
It even generated questions at briefings in the White House and at the state department, where spokesman Victoria Nuland offered a thinly disguised brush-off to the spymasters of a country informally regarded as using terrorism as a policy tool.
Asked about Lt Gen Islam, Nuland said she preferred to "send you to our colleagues in the intelligence agencies who will be his counterparts". "I cant speak to this individual. I cant speak to that relationship. Its an intelligence-to-intelligence relationship, so Im going to send you to our friends there," Nuland said when pressed about whether the move will change US-Pakistan ties.
White House officials too declined to comment immediately and said they will need to get back on the matter. One report noted that Pashas departure would be "a relief to the US intelligence community which had a working, if frosty, relationship with him".
Privately, though, some officials fell back on usual expressions of hope after discovering that Lt Gen Islam, in the course of his career, had traveled to the US to participate in militia.
ONLINE - International News Network
Pashas retirement a relief for United States
WASHINGTON: The United States breathed a perceptible sigh of relief over the retirement of Pakistan's top spy Ahmad Shuja Pasha, with whom Washington had a tetchy relationship, with the usual hopeful prognosis accompanying the selection of Lt Gen Zahir-ul Islam as the new chief spook.
The changeover in Pakistan made headlines in America , where the media typically does not bother about similar personnel turnover in the intelligence agencies of Russia, China, the UK, India, France, Israel or any other country.
But with its toxic distinction of being terrorism central , the changes in Aabpara, the headquarters of Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), attracted much attention in the US media.
It even generated questions at briefings in the White House and at the state department, where spokesman Victoria Nuland offered a thinly disguised brush-off to the spymasters of a country informally regarded as using terrorism as a policy tool.
Asked about Lt Gen Islam, Nuland said she preferred to "send you to our colleagues in the intelligence agencies who will be his counterparts". "I can't speak to this individual. I can't speak to that relationship. It's an intelligence-to-intelligence relationship, so I'm going to send you to our friends there," Nuland said when pressed about whether the move will change US-Pakistan ties.
White House officials too declined to comment immediately and said they will need to get back on the matter. One report noted that Pasha's departure would be "a relief to the US intelligence community which had a working, if frosty, relationship with him".
Privately, though, some officials fell back on usual expressions of hope after discovering that Lt Gen Islam, in the course of his career, had traveled to the US to participate in milita.
Pasha’s retirement a ‘relief’ for United States - The Times of India
New Delhi: The United States breathed a perceptible sigh of relief over the retirement of Pakistans top spy Ahmad Shuja Pasha, with whom Washington had a tetchy relationship, with the usual hopeful prognosis accompanying the selection of Lt Gen Zahir-ul Islam as the new chief spook, Indian media quoting US officials reported on Sunday.
The changeover in Pakistan made headlines in America , where the media typically does not bother about similar personnel turnover in the intelligence agencies of Russia, China, the UK, India, France, Israel or any other country.
But with its toxic distinction of being terrorism central, the changes in Aabpara, the headquarters of Pakistans Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), attracted much attention in the US media TOI quoted in its column.
It even generated questions at briefings in the White House and at the state department, where spokesman Victoria Nuland offered a thinly disguised brush-off to the spymasters of a country informally regarded as using terrorism as a policy tool.
Asked about Lt Gen Islam, Nuland said she preferred to "send you to our colleagues in the intelligence agencies who will be his counterparts". "I cant speak to this individual. I cant speak to that relationship. Its an intelligence-to-intelligence relationship, so Im going to send you to our friends there," Nuland said when pressed about whether the move will change US-Pakistan ties.
White House officials too declined to comment immediately and said they will need to get back on the matter. One report noted that Pashas departure would be "a relief to the US intelligence community which had a working, if frosty, relationship with him".
Privately, though, some officials fell back on usual expressions of hope after discovering that Lt Gen Islam, in the course of his career, had traveled to the US to participate in militia.
ONLINE - International News Network
Pashas retirement a relief for United States
WASHINGTON: The United States breathed a perceptible sigh of relief over the retirement of Pakistan's top spy Ahmad Shuja Pasha, with whom Washington had a tetchy relationship, with the usual hopeful prognosis accompanying the selection of Lt Gen Zahir-ul Islam as the new chief spook.
The changeover in Pakistan made headlines in America , where the media typically does not bother about similar personnel turnover in the intelligence agencies of Russia, China, the UK, India, France, Israel or any other country.
But with its toxic distinction of being terrorism central , the changes in Aabpara, the headquarters of Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), attracted much attention in the US media.
It even generated questions at briefings in the White House and at the state department, where spokesman Victoria Nuland offered a thinly disguised brush-off to the spymasters of a country informally regarded as using terrorism as a policy tool.
Asked about Lt Gen Islam, Nuland said she preferred to "send you to our colleagues in the intelligence agencies who will be his counterparts". "I can't speak to this individual. I can't speak to that relationship. It's an intelligence-to-intelligence relationship, so I'm going to send you to our friends there," Nuland said when pressed about whether the move will change US-Pakistan ties.
White House officials too declined to comment immediately and said they will need to get back on the matter. One report noted that Pasha's departure would be "a relief to the US intelligence community which had a working, if frosty, relationship with him".
Privately, though, some officials fell back on usual expressions of hope after discovering that Lt Gen Islam, in the course of his career, had traveled to the US to participate in milita.
Pasha’s retirement a ‘relief’ for United States - The Times of India
