Obama spokesman scolds Pakistan for sentencing doctor who helped find bin Laden

The White House declared Thursday that Pakistan had "no basis" for the harsh prison sentence decreed against Pakistani doctor Shakil Afridi for his pivotal role in helping to track Osama bin Laden. "We continue to see no basis for Dr. Afridi to be held," spokesman Jay Carney told reporters aboard Air Force One. "I think it's an important point that any assistance rendered by anyone in the effort to bring Osama bin Laden to justice was assistance not against Pakistan, but against...Full Story