Washington: US Defense Secretary today dismissed as harsh reality the arrest of CIA informants in Pakistan who provided information to the American intelligence in the run up to the killing of Osama bin Laden.
"That's the real world that we deal with," Gates told a key Congressional committee when asked about such a arrest in Pakistan, but he did not confirm the report.
"I would say based on 27 years in CIA and four-and-a-half years in this job, most governments lie to each other. That's the way business gets done," Gates said in response to a question.
He said that even allies send spy here for espionage purposes, and this is even true for those countries which receive aid from the United States.
Gates and Admiral Mike Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, were responding to Pak-specific question from Senator Patrick Leahy.
Pakistan's top spy agency ISI has arrested five CIA informants, including a Army major, who supplied information to the CIA ahead of the US operation that killed Osama bin Laden.
One of the detainees was reported to be a Pakistani Army major whom officials said copied license plates of cars visiting the al-Qaeda leader's compound in Abbottabat, Islamabad, The New York Times, citing officials, reported.
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