Raymond Davis

CIA Operative, Who Caused International Crisis After Killings, Arrested After Argument Over Parking Spot

David Taintor | October 3, 2011, 12:09PM

For a CIA operative, Raymond Davis sure has trouble keeping a low profile.

Earlier this year Davis sparked a diplomatic standoff after shooting two men dead on the streets of Lahore, Pakistan.

Now Davis -- who was freed in March after two months in Pakistani custody only after a deal was reached to pay $2.34 million in 'blood money' to the victims' families -- on Saturday was arrested after a scuffle outside an Einstein Bagels south of Denver, the Associated Press reports.

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Was Raymond Davis Bailed Out By Sharia Law?

Eric Lach | March 16, 2011, 9:58AM

The diplomatic standoff over CIA contractor Raymond Davis ended on Wednesday, after a Pakistani court acquitted and released Davis, who had been held for almost 2 months after shooting two men dead on the streets of Lahore. But the resolution came only after a deal was reached to pay the victims' families what the Punjab Law Minister called "blood money" -- in accordance with Islamic law.

In other words, Davis may have been bailed out by sharia.

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Pakistan Court Acquits CIA Contractor In Double Murder Case

Eric Lach | March 16, 2011, 8:49AM

The CIA contractor arrested in January after shooting two men dead on the streets of Lahore, Pakistan, has been released, Reuters reports. Raymond Davis was indicted earlier Tuesday on murder charges, but was then acquitted and released following an agreement that had been reached to pay the victims' families.

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NYT Explains Why It Held Back Reporting On CIA Contractor

Eric Lach | February 28, 2011, 9:49AM

New York Times public editor Arthur Brisbane wrote a column this weekend probing the paper's decision to withhold information about Raymond Davis, the American man who was arrested in Pakistan in January after shooting two men dead on the streets of Lahore.

Last week, the Times and other news outlets revealed that, after a request by the Obama administration, they had held back reporting that Davis was a contractor working for the CIA.

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U.S. Officials Admit American Arrested In Pakistan Worked With CIA

Eric Lach | February 21, 2011, 1:40PM

American government officials now say that Raymond Davis, the American man arrested in Pakistan last month after shooting two men dead in Lahore, was part of a covert, C.I.A.-led team of operatives, according to The New York Times.

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Video Shows Pakistani Police Questioning Accused U.S. Shooter (VIDEO)

Eric Lach | February 10, 2011, 9:41AM

On Wednesday, Pakistani TV news aired what is apparently video of Pakistani police interrogating Raymond Davis, the American who allegedly shot and killed two men in Lahore, Pakistan last month, and whose continued detention has touched off a diplomatic crisis.

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Mysterious Shooting In Pakistan Becomes International Incident

Eric Lach | February 9, 2011, 5:04PM

The controversy surrounding the alleged shooting of two Pakistani men by an American man in Lahore, Pakistan quickly begot a diplomatic war of words. Now, with officials from both countries holding fast to their version of events and to their positions, the fallout is threatening to push an already uneasy alliance towards a full scale crisis.

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