In 1998 several intellectuals were slain by what the current government said were rogue elements in the ministry of intelligence.
Meanwhile, elements in the Pakistani military-intelligence agency were sending in suicide bombers and Taliban foot soldiers to take over Kandahar, Helmand, Uruzgan, Zabul.
Some news accounts have said that elements of the intelligence agency provided support in the past to Ahmed Omar Sheikh, the chief suspect in Mr. Pearl's killing, and to his group, Jaish-e-Muhammad, or the Army of Muhammad.
But even that number would seem unlikely to be able to meet a Taliban emergency which is recruiting international jihadists and is supported by elements in the Pakistani military and intelligence.
Also, if the persistent rumors are to be believed, the fall of the terrorist axis in Afghanistan may well have prevented an Islamist coup against President Pervez Musharraf in Pakistan, led by the more Taliban-like elements in the armed forces and intelligence services -- people like the terrifying General Hamid Gul.
From New Delhi's perspective, that power vacuum has allowed anti-Indian elements in Pakistan's intelligence services and the militant groups they employ to pursue their agenda with renewed vigor.
Stalwarts of Insurgency After Mr. Hussein's downfall, American intelligence officers believe, powerful elements in the Janabi and Kargouli families became stalwarts of the resistance, and an insurgent axis developed that turned the region south of Baghdad into a powerful support base for the insurgent stronghold in Falluja.
Churton suggested that Crowley had travelled to Moscow on the orders of British intelligence to spy on revolutionary elements in the city.
The president at first described the death as a suicide, but later suggested he may have been murdered by rogue elements in Argentina's intelligence service to discredit her.
