Referring to the case of the American CIA agent arrested in Pakistan, I have heard people say in the last few days that there may be thousands of these people operating around Pakistan, and neither the American government nor the Pakistani government have any idea who they are or what they are doing. I quote an article in The Frontier Post in Pakistan discussing this. This article refers to "anti-American public opinion". This is the public opinion that is calling for the hanging of the American agent and doesn't really seem to care what he did or why. It is the public opinion that is also frequently heard calling for the hanging of Pakistani non-Muslims on doubtful charges of blasphemy for statements made against Islam or desecration of the Koran. The ISI has a really creepy record which goes back a very long time. Nonetheless, nobody likes to have unaccountable foreigners running around their country killing people. Here is the story:
"ISI demands CIA to provide contractors’ list
NEW YORK (Agencies): The Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) has demanded that the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) share a list of all its contractors working in Pakistan, the New York Times reported. Speaking in light of the Raymond Davis case, an official of the ISI told the New York Times the agency believed there were more contractors like Davis working behind the agency's back. The unnamed official said that Pakistan was ready to put the Raymond Davis episode in the past and that both agencies needed to continue working together. "Treat us as allies, not as satellites," said the official of the Directorate for Inter-Services Intelligence, or ISI. "Respect, equality and trust are needed." The ISI wants a list of the contractors working for the CIA in roles that have not been defined to Pakistan. The official also said that many officers in the ISI were not willing to have Davis released.. The behaviour of people like Mr. Davis is deeply embarrassing to the ISI because it makes the agency "look like fools" in the eyes of the anti-American Pakistani public, the ISI official said. Cooperation between the American and Pakistani spy agencies has been scaled back because of the case. A senior Pakistani intelligence official in Islamabad said the case of Raymond Davis had strained but not broken relations between the CIA and the ISI because the ISI didn't know about Davis before he shot and killed two Pakistanis on Jan 27 in Lahore."