Obama Officials Outted Jailed Pakistani Doctor That Helped Capture Bin Laden

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/05/23/go...

Like I've said before, Muslims can't defeat us without the help of others - in this case ourselves.

GOP Rep. Peter King, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, expressed concern Wednesday about the extent of the Obama administration’s efforts to protect the Pakistan doctor who was sent to prison in Pakistan for treason after helping to find Usama bin Laden.

"This has been handled very poorly right from the time of the raid," King told Fox News.

Dr. Shakil Afridi ran a vaccination program for the CIA to collect DNA and verify bin Laden's presence at the compound in the town of Abbottabad where U.S. commandos killed the Al Qaeda chief in a May 2011 raid.

The operation outraged Pakistani officials, who portrayed it as an act of treachery by a supposed ally.

King, R-N.Y., said administration officials talked about the doctor and his DNA sampling.

"They put him out there," said King, who made clear he didn't know the exact details about what, if anything, the administration may have done to get the doctor out of Pakistan or otherwise protect him. "I'm focused on that they disclosed his identity."

The doctor was sentenced to 33 years in prison on Wednesday for conspiring against the state -- a verdict officials said is likely to further strain the country's relationship with Washington.

Senior U.S. officials have called for Dr. Afridi to be released, saying his work served Pakistani and American interests.

“What Dr. Afridi did is the furthest thing from treason. It was a courageous, heroic and patriotic act, which helped to locate the most wanted terrorist in the world,” said Sens. John McCain, R-Ariz., and Carl Levin, D-Mich., members of the chamber’s Committee on Armed Services.

They also said Dr. Afridi’s actions were consistent with the multiple, legally binding resolutions passed by the United Nations Security Council, which required member states to assist in bringing bin Laden and his Al Qaeda network to justice. They also called upon the Pakistani government to pardon and release Dr. Afridi immediately.

A senior U.S. official with knowledge of counter-terrorism operations against Al Qaeda in Pakistan said the doctor was never asked to spy on Pakistan.

"He was asked only to help locate Al Qaeda terrorists, who threaten Pakistan and the U.S.," the official told Fox News. "He helped save Pakistani and American lives. His activities were not treasonous, they were heroic and patriotic."

But many Pakistani officials, especially those working for the country's powerful spy agency, do not see it that way.

"He was working for a foreign spy agency. We are looking after our national interests," said a Pakistani intelligence official, speaking on condition of anonymity in line with the agency's policy.

Afridi's conviction comes at a sensitive time because the U.S. is already frustrated by Pakistan's refusal to reopen NATO supply routes to Afghanistan. The supply routes were closed six months ago in retaliation for American air strikes that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers.

Afridi was detained sometime after the May 2, 2011, raid, but the start of his trial was never publicized.

The U.S. operation severely strained ties with Pakistan. The Pakistani government kicked out U.S. military trainers and limited counter terrorism cooperation with the CIA.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

So fcking WHAT we double-crossed the koksuking doctor ? You would have prefered we give him $50M of taxpayer money and a U.S diplomatic passport to spend it all inside every wh0rehouse on planet Earth ?? Fck that !! He served his purpose which was to fck Osama and was then rightfully discarded like a used condom. We fcked that fcking m0f0 Osama and we kept the reward money, haha double win for AMERICA and fck you camel jockeys and sandy crockett's worldwide, LOL !!

i hope we hold all aid to pakistan, and get this aly dr out of there.... see what o gets for spiking the football?.. this dr must not have known about getting thrown under the oblamer bus like so many here do.... i say get the dr and family out, and cut all ties with pakistan, i wish the press was more on this, but it isnt bush......he is a hero for helping seal team 6 allegedly get obl....glad oblamer kept bushs' orders on obl..... thanx troops