The leaked US “Guantanamo Files” focus mostly on the dubious reasons for the more-or-less permanent detention of various captives, but perhaps the most serious release of the bunch is the “Matrix of Threat Indicators,” a list of various excuses for the detentions.
That is because among those reasons is “association with Pakistan ISID,” the Inter-Services Intelligence agency, which is the Pakistani government’s top spy agency. In addition to the agency’s significant influence, the current army Chief of Staff Gen. Parvez Kayani also was the former ISI chief.
The document didn’t stop there, either. Near the end, the file lists “associated forces” of al-Qaeda, and again lists the Pakistan ISI as having “an established working, supportive or beneficiary relationship for the achievement of common goals.”
The leak comes less than a week after Admiral Michael Mullen accused “some” elements of the ISI of having terror ties. The document appears to take this much further and treats the agency in general as a terrorist auxiliary for al-Qaeda.
This has spawned further concerns that the leaks will make the already tense US-Pakistan relationship even worse. The Pakistani government has been railing at the US for drone strikes and CIA operations for weeks, but the Obama Administration appears to have largely ignored the demands and continued with business as usual.
'Yemeni intelligence (PSO)' is also listed (page 17 of the doc)
I assume that when Pakistan launches drone strikes against 'suspected terrorists' within the borders of the United States, we will applaud them for their taking a stand against evil- even when those strikes accidentally target innocent civilians to deadly effect. Of course we won't complain about their violating our airspace or sovereignty in any way, since we're doing the exact same thing in the skies over Pakistan. Of course we won't complain when their missiles hit schools, wedding parties, funeral gatherings, playgrounds, or Boy Scouts out gathering wood in the forest for their campfires (it's so easy to mistake a kid gathering wood for an adult carrying an RPG or Kalashnikov, you know).
Can you imagine the howls of anger should any other nation dare do to us what we force upon them each and every day?
Yeah, another blame America firster! Don't you know we are a light unto the world, the essential nation? What other nation has better intentions? What kind of gratitude are you showing for the freedom, democracy and stability we spread throughout the world?