Page 37 - Security Establishment News Today

Some information about how active he was operationally. they could possibly provide some information about al qaeda. and they could also provide information about pakistan, osama bin ladens support network if indeed he had one in this country. thats where things could get sticky for pakistans security establishment. thats perhaps why they may have been reluctant initially to give the u.s. access to these women. but again, ultimately according to this report it looks like theyre going to do it. >...

Pakistan, reza assaya. we havent been able to match it but how surprised are you by the apparent change of heart of the pakistanis? >> reporter: well, anderson, im not that surprised considering the amount of pressure thats been mounting on the pakistan government and pakistan security establishment ever since this raid. ever since u.s. forces found osama bin laden hiding in this compound in abbottabad. the u.s. wanted access to the wives and officials told us their plan initially was to repatri...

Of the prime minister and the president. this whole episode has obviously been a very embarrassing situation for pakistans military establishment and security establishment. and then you had sunday, president barack obama coming out and suggesting that perhaps there is a support network here in pakistan, supporting militant groups. and he didnt rule out that maybe that support network had links with pakistans security establishment. so a seemingly tough task for pakistans prime minister today, h...

Minister. some kind of acknowledgement like theres a problem with the pakistani government and its security establishment when it comes to the fight against extremism and now were headed in a new direction embarking on a new policy when it comes to extremism. that didnt happen. >> one thing we did see that alarms people in washington and i can assure you alarms on this point was publication of a name identified in those accounts as the cia station chief in pakistan. one u.s. officials saying tha...

Government and pakistans security establishment ever since this raid, ever since u.s. forces found osama bin laden hiding in this compound in abbottabad. but we do know that the u.s. wanted access to these wives and pakistani officials had told us their plan initially was to repatriate these women and the eight or nine children that were found at this compound, send them back to their countries of origin. one intelligence official told us earlier today that they would consider giving the u.s. ac...

Behalf and get him released? >> reporter: no. certainly they have not done that publicly, and throughout his period that he has been held since 2004, igor sutyagin has repeatedly said he didnt do any spying for the united states or any spying for the british, which is what he is accused of. but it doesnt mean that those representations didnt happen. and theres a lot of speculation here now. it seems a bit bizarre, but speculation that this whole spy scandal in the united states could have been s...

35 years. he wants to find a replacement with similar qualities. israeli leaders says washington may be willing to live with a nuclear armed iran but israel wont want to do that. the countrys security establishment is divided whether it needs washingtons blessing if it decides to attack iran. israel has voiced frustrations over the slow pace as tehran continues to develop the nuclear capabilities. u.s. has said the military strike against iran is a last option. police are searching for the coupl...