"It seems that the reporters labelled the source of the name as coming from Pakistani officials. Are foreign sources trying to make trouble where none exists?'
It appears that you are correct.
The Pakky intel guy was probably bragging or he wanted to expose this double agent to prevent more exposure of his al qaeda buddies.
It is a known fact that they will sell each other out at the drop of a dinar in that part of the world. That I can understand, but the NY Slimeballs are traitors, plain and simple.
The latter was my guess, the Pakistani was actually working as a double agent.