A former US special forces soldier arrested in Lahore, Pakistan on January 27 was working for the CIA, according to an unnamed US official.
Allen Davis, 36 was arrested after shooting two men dead, who he claimed were trying to rob him. Three parcels of equipment including a GPS device and two mobile phones have been sent to Pakistan's ISI for investigation.
Hundreds of Pakistanis have been demonstrating over the murders putting pressure on the Pakistani government to put Mr Davis on trial, despite protestations from the US State Department that Davis was an accredited member of the US consular staff - and therefore had diplomatic immunity.
Senator John Kerry has visited Islamabad to meet with Pakistan's Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani to try to secure the release of Mr Davis, promising that he would be put on trial in the US.
The US has suggested that it may withhold aid to Pakistan until it releases Mr Davis.
President Obama said last week: "If it starts being fair game on our ambassadors around the world, including in dangerous places where we may have differences with those governments ... that's untenable.
"It means they can't do their job. And that's why we respect these conventions and every country should as well."
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