Former CIA officer and whistleblower John Kiriakou has sparked a new controversy after revealing that Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s party, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), once tried to pressure him into apologising for comments he made comparing India and Pakistan’s military strength.

Kiriakou, who spent 15 years with the Central Intelligence Agency as an analyst and later as chief of counterterrorism operations in Pakistan after the 9/11 attacks, said that the PTI sent him an official letter demanding an apology for remarks he made praising India’s military superiority.

Instead of complying, Kiriakou said he replied with a blistering email that effectively ended the conversation. “I sent him an email and I said, ‘In regards to your demand for an apology, I wipe my a*

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