Mark Kelton, the former CIA bureau chief in Pakistan, and the agency believe he may have been poisoned by Pakistani’s Inter-Services Intelligence agency (ISI) after the 2011 bin Laden raid (Post). Two months after the May 2011 raid, Kelton left the country after becoming violently ill, and while the CIA acknowledges that they have no proof Kelton was poisoned, the cause of the severe illness remains unknown. The CIA has not conducted a full investigation into Kelton’s claims, but viewed them seriously enough to search its intelligence files for any leads. At the time, relations between Kelton and then-ISI chief Ahmed Shuja Pasha were strained, with Pasha refusing to speak to Kelton and referring to him as “the cadaver.” Commenting on the allegations, a Pakistani embassy spokesman, Nadeem Hotiana, said, “Obviously the story is fictional, not worthy of comment. We reject the insinuations implied in the allegations.”
Former CIA Pakistan bureau chief possibly poisoned by ISI after bin Laden raid
Mark Kelton, the former CIA bureau chief in Pakistan, and the agency believe he may have been poisoned by Pakistani’s Inter-Services Intelligence agency (ISI) after the 2011 bin Laden raid (Post). Two months after the May 2011 raid, Kelton left the country after becoming violently ill, and while the CIA acknowledges that they have no proof Kelton was poisoned, the cause of the severe illness remains unknown. The CIA has not conducted a full investigation into Kelton’s claims, but viewed them seriously enough to search its intelligence files for any leads. At the time, relations between Kelton and then-ISI chief Ahmed Shuja Pasha were strained, with Pasha refusing to speak to Kelton and referring to him as “the cadaver.” Commenting on the allegations, a Pakistani embassy spokesman, Nadeem Hotiana, said, “Obviously the story is fictional, not worthy of comment. We reject the insinuations implied in the allegations.”
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