Robin Raphel, former US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia and India’s long time foe is now under a counter-intelligence probe. According to media reports from Washington DC, the investigation involves allegations of spying on behalf of foreign governments. If the charges are proven, then it would hold that Ms Robin was not just India’s enemy; she was a foe to her own country as well.

That she acted on behalf of Pakistan and against India is well-documented. What was frustrating was that New Delhi could not convince USA that Robin Raphel was devious and a danger to peace in the region and she harmed American interests too. Besides being Assistant Secretary of State under President Clinton, the evil genius also served in the CIA, USAID in Islamabad, political counselor in New Delhi, and was married (subsequently divorced) to the American ambassador in Pakistan, Arnold Raphel, who died in the plane crash that killed General Zia-ul Haq in 1988. She was also part of the Af-Pak task force of late Richard Holbrooke, another India-baiter in Washington DC.