c9 | Is anyone surprised?

From an article in TNR:

A third source, an official who works under ISI's director, Lieutenant General Ehsan ul-Haq, informed tnr that the Pakistanis "have been told at every level that apprehension or killing of HVTs before [the] election is [an] absolute must." What's more, this source claims that Bush administration officials have told their Pakistani counterparts they have a date in mind for announcing this achievement: "The last ten days of July deadline has been given repeatedly by visitors to Islamabad and during [ul-Haq's] meetings in Washington." Says McCormack: "I'm aware of no such comment." But according to this ISI official, a White House aide told ul-Haq last spring that "it would be best if the arrest or killing of [any] HVT were announced on twenty-six, twenty-seven, or twenty-eight July"--the first three days of the Democratic National Convention in Boston. [emphasis added by Cam]

Is anybody surprised? I can't wait for the end of July, just to see this play out. It deosn't seem to be big news (yet), so maybe Bush's owners will still follow through with the plan? Of course, it does still depend on the Pakistani authorities tracking down somebody famous. Maybe they can arrest Dennis Miller or Liv Tyler or something.