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FIVE CIA INFORMANTS ARRESTED IN PAKISTAN | Pakistan’s intelligence service arrested five CIA informants, including the owner of a safe house rented to the CIA near Osama bin Laden’s compound. A Western official in Pakistan confirmed that five Pakistani informants who helped the CIA gather information before the May 2nd raid on bin Laden’s compound were arrested. The New York Times reports that a Pakistani army major who copied the license plates of cars visiting bin Laden’s compound was among those detained. CIA director Leon Panetta reportedly raised the issue of the arrested informants when he visited Islamabad last week.
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