ISLAMABAD: Lt. General Nadeem Ahmed (retd), who is part of the commission probing the US raid on the compound of Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden in an interview to an Australian radio station, said he did not believe any official from the ISI was sheltering bin Laden."[When all is] said and done [the] government, army, ISI are not irresponsible people, they would never do such a stupid thing which would show them in such a bad light" he said adding that "irrespective of the USA, I have absolutely not an iota of doubt on this, that no government in Pakistan, no military in Pakistan, no intelligence organisation in Pakistan would do such a stupid thing."
General Ahmed was reluctant to divulge any details of the probe during the interview but did state that the commission had already spoken to air force witnesses and the inquiry would move onto the military, army, ISI, civilians and the US.
He said that US officials had not been asked if they would cooperate, but if they chose not to then the inquiry would put on record that they refused to comment. "We will do our utmost best to find out the details, and I think there are sufficient details available in the country," he said.
He also said the use of fake polio vaccination program by the CIA during the hunt for bin Laden represented a "breach of trust" between the US and Pakistani governments. "This is principally, morally, illegally incorrect" he said