12-17-2010, 10:33 PM
[url="http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-1218-pakistan-cia-20101218,0,6538606.story"]CIA recalls Pakistan station chief after his name becomes public[/url]
Quote:On Monday, Karim Khan filed a police complaint saying that his brother and son, both government employees, were killed in a CIA drone strike on their home near Mir Ali in North Waziristan in December 2009. The complaint names the CIA station chief in Islamabad.
"He should be arrested and executed in this country," Khan said outside an Islamabad police station, according to news reports.
CIA spokesman George Little declined to address the matter directly, but said, "Our station chiefs routinely encounter major risk as they work to keep America safe ââ¬Â¦ their security is obviously a top priority for the CIA, especially when there's an imminent threat."
Khan's lawyer, Shahzad Akbar, told The Times on Friday he got the name of the CIA officer from two Pakistani newspaper journalists, and put the name in legal documents because he believes the man should be held accountable for civilian deaths caused by drone strikes in the tribal areas.