Pakistani media has aired the name of a man they claim is the Central Intelligence Agency's station chief. The U.S. is looking into the matter, but says there are no plans at this time to withdraw the station chief. If the government has attempted to publicize the name, it would be the second such outing in the past six months.The CIA declined to comment. Neither did the ISI respond to a request for comment.
The alleged name of the station chief was first reported Friday by ARY, a private Pakistani television channel. The station was reporting on a meeting between the ISI and the station chief. ARY's Islamabad bureau chief, Sabir Shakir said, "If we did not mention the man's name, the credibility of the story would have been reduced."
The story was picked up by the Nation, a newspaper that has often accused Americans in Pakistan of working for the CIA. The Nation's editor, Salim Bokhari, said he didn't know how the name became public.
"It has to have been released by some government agency. Who else would know such information," said Mr. Bokhari.