{"id":81221,"date":"2013-04-07T21:33:34","date_gmt":"2013-04-07T21:33:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=81221"},"modified":"2013-04-07T21:34:51","modified_gmt":"2013-04-07T21:34:51","slug":"the-c-i-a-s-secret-deal-with-pakistan-on-drones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/the-c-i-a-s-secret-deal-with-pakistan-on-drones\/","title":{"rendered":"The C.I.A.\u2019s Secret Deal With Pakistan On Drones"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nek Muhammad knew he was being followed.\u00a0On a hot day in June 2004, the Pashtun tribesman was lounging inside a mud compound in South Waziristan, speaking by satellite phone to one of the many reporters who regularly interviewed him on how he had fought and humbled\u00a0Pakistan\u2019s army in the country\u2019s western mountains. 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