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facing accusations of double-standards over its role in the fight against al-Qaeda and the Taliban. Many observers find it hard to believe the organisation had no idea that Osama Bin Laden had been living under the nose of the Pakistani military until his death. As to the US special forces raid that killed the al-Qaeda leader, questions abound about what the ISI knew and when it knew it. Similar Western doubts over the ISI's loyalties have been a recurring theme in recent years. In documents leaked in April 2011 on the Wikileaks website, US authorities described the ISI as a "terrorist" organisation on a par with al-Qaeda and the Taliban. In the same month the US military's top officer, Adm Mike Mullen, also accused the ISI of having links with the Taliban. He said it had a "long-standing relationship" with a militant group run by Afghan insurgent Jalaluddin Haqqani, which targets US troops in Afghanistan. The list does not end there. In June 2010 the ISI...