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Impact of Pakistani doctor jailed over bin Laden info

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    Will future intel sources be discouraged?

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The raid that led to the killing of -- -- bin Laden last year was an undeniable success.

But this week we learned the cost of intelligence was -- long prison sentence.

For the Doctor Who delivered key information.

Will future intelligence sources keep quiet and could that in -- compromise national security.

-- -- what -- foreign affairs correspondent Wendell Goler looks at the impact.

Former Defense Secretary Robert Gates says the secrecy the president and his -- -- themselves to the night as some of bin Laden was killed didn't even last -- day.

Doctor Shaquille afridi administration critics say was just the first casualty of loose talk.

And there's even talk of DNA.

How DNA you -- samples are going to be used.

That course the Pakistani authorities to stop rounding up health.

Individual.

Administration officials deny the charge one saying quote the -- he's found doctor afridi on their own.

Identities of human sources are sacrosanct in the intelligence community.

Pakistani officials say the plan to get DNA from bin Laden's children raised suspicions.

Giving away free vaccinations and a well to do neighborhood wasn't normal.

And -- quickly drew attention because he was the officials surgeon from a different part of the country.

And now US officials are trying to convince Pakistan easy afridi was a hero not a criminal.

His help after all was instrumental.

In taking down one of the world's most notorious.

Murderers and US officials are working behind the scenes to try and win a pardon for a greedy but security analysts worry his recent conviction might scare off other informants.

It is chilling it's a profound this incentive for people to take high risks.

Risking their own lives.

In order to help advance our interest it also comes at a complex time in US Pakistani relations.

Pakistan has closed Overland supply routes into Afghanistan.

In retaliation for a US air attack that killed two dozen Pakistani soldiers last November.

Secretary Clinton met with the Pakistani presidents are Daria the NATO summit in Chicago but refused to apologize for the mistake and attack.

Czar Barry met with President Obama and Afghan President Karzai but refused to free up the trucks.

The -- voted to cut Pakistan paid a million dollars for each year of doctor freed he's 33 year sentence -- thinks the house will follow suit.

It's very hard to justify a continued relationship with Pakistan I know there is any strategic location.

I know that we need -- transportation routes.

And but on the other hand we find them and so many instances being double agents working against just trying to -- -- homeless up.

Pakistani officials accuse the US of overreacting once said you've got some have been lot and we're happy he got killed but the way it was done.

We didn't like that Brett wanted to -- a -- in the north lawn Wendell thank you stock.

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