Nizark
06-14-2004, 05:20 PM
orbat.com reports:
Times of India says a senior Indian operative of the Research and Analysis Wing, who was desk officer for South East Asia and had conducted several clandestine missions, is missing. He was under constant surveillance because he had been caught taking documents and papers home. Both he and his wife have disappeared, and are believed to be in the US.
While some are talking of a "defection" to the US, Orbat.com would like to point out this is unlikely to be true. He has family in the US, so that would be a logical place for him to flee. Given the current close cooperation between India and the US, going to the US would be a bad move for the person: the US will track him down and hand him over. Only in one circumstance would this not be true: if he was working for the US and was on the verge of being uncovered, and was provided safe haven in the US. Even if that is the case, the affair is not a defection.
Times of India says a senior Indian operative of the Research and Analysis Wing, who was desk officer for South East Asia and had conducted several clandestine missions, is missing. He was under constant surveillance because he had been caught taking documents and papers home. Both he and his wife have disappeared, and are believed to be in the US.
While some are talking of a "defection" to the US, Orbat.com would like to point out this is unlikely to be true. He has family in the US, so that would be a logical place for him to flee. Given the current close cooperation between India and the US, going to the US would be a bad move for the person: the US will track him down and hand him over. Only in one circumstance would this not be true: if he was working for the US and was on the verge of being uncovered, and was provided safe haven in the US. Even if that is the case, the affair is not a defection.