Back in Washington, Ambassador Haqqani was summoned to CIA headquarters on February 21 and taken into Panetta’s spacious office overlooking the agency’s campus in Langley, Virginia. Sitting around a large conference table, Panetta asked Haqqani for his help securing Davis’s release. Haqqani was skeptical. “If you’re going to send a Jason Bourne character to Pakistan, he should have the skills of a Jason Bourne to get away,” Haqqani said tartly.
