Anyone, bureaurocrat or agent, in the intelligence business is a target. They would not be staying any place where they were not in total control of the environment. They would not want to chance their lodging being bugged.
IMO this is a planted story. It’s purpose is to 1. Blame America for the bombing and/or 2. Encourage Pakistani gov’t to have CIA agents recalled. I think the heat’s on the jihadists in Pakistan and our military and covert people are responsible.
Most likely it was a CIA planned op. This would encourage the Pakistani’s to re-seek our help. Hopefully it is a planted story and no-one died.
The explosion was too big and the whole thing made too newsworhty.
We need to be in Pakistan.
The way I see it, the Paki government, which ever one it might be, is walking a very thin, very shaky, tight-wire. There are violent Islamists from EVERYWHERE traipsing all over their country. No matter how much “help” they SEEM to be giving us, they ARE an important ally and they may be helping more than we know. As such, we should ALWAYS afford their government the option of “probable deniability” in the aftermath of any operation conducted with the U.S.