Pakistan's 'Ticking Time Bomb'

How's this for a bold statement: “Somebody in this Pakistani government does know where Osama bin Laden is hiding,” Hillary Clinton told reporters in Kabul this week. Her remarks highlight the often-tenuous relationship the U.S. has with Pakistan as it fights to rein in terrorists in the region. Bruce Riedel, a contributor to The Daily Beast and a senior fellow at The Brookings Institution, argues in a blog post today that “Pakistan is our most important ally in the war against al Qaeda and its affiliates, and our most difficult ally.” And bin Laden's whereabouts aren't the only factor straining the alliance. Unconfirmed reports that Pakistani intelligence was behind the 2008 terror attacks in Mumbai, India, are "the ticking time bomb that could wreck the nascent U.S.-Pakistan partnership," Reidel writes, urging a prompt and "robust" crackdown on Pakistani intelligence in order to bring stability to diplomatic relations.