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Pak denies reports of CIA infiltrating ISI - Asia News - Webindia123.com: "Pak denies reports of CIA infiltrating ISI
Islamabad | January 25, 2006 4:38:06 PM IST

Pakistan has categorically denied that the CIA had successfully infiltrated Pakistan's intelligence, the Inter Services Intelligence (ISI).

Senior intelligence officials said that talks of the CIA penetrating the ISI were utter rubbish, adding that the agency had a very secure system for its communication process, and used secret codes for passing highly sensitive communication.

'Absolutely rubbish, I categorically deny these allegations as nothing of the sort is happening in the ISI. We have very secure systems for all our communications, especially for sensitive communication for which there are secret codes,' The News quoted a senior intelligence official as saying.

'Of course, we are aware that the Americans have highly sensitive technical gadgetry and we are aware of the manner that they pick up information on unguarded lines but this does not mean that we let our guard down for a minute,' he said.

Time magazine had in a report said that the CIA was monitoring the ISI for people believed to be sympathetic to the Taliban and the Al Qaeda, and had also planted people within the agency who were capable of directly reporting to their CIA bosses.

'Nothing could be further from the truth. The Army rotates officers in a routine manner and there is no one at this institution working in any area on a permanent basis. If at some stage, because of certain policies, there were such people, then all of them have been removed from such sensitive posts,' the official added. (ANI)"