Yoshita Singh, Press Trust Of India
Chicago, May 30, 2010
The lawyer of David Headley, accused of helping LeT terrorists to execute the Mumbai attacks, has said the process of granting access to Indian authorities to the Pakistani-American is "moving forward" and there is no change in the intention to cooperate with them.
"The process (of providing Indian investigators access to Headley) is moving forward. There is no change in our intention to cooperate with Indian authorities" and provide access, Headley's lawyer John Theis told PTI in Chicago.
These remarks came as Indian investigators on Sunday leave for US to interrogate 59-year-old Headley.
Theis, however, said he would not comment on any specific details of such an access and "would not be able to share specific information at this point" as to when and for how long the team from India can question Headley.
Randall Samborn, spokesperson for the US Attorney's office here, declined to comment when and how the access would take place.
A four-member team of Indian investigators will interrogate Headley, who has pleaded guilty to his role in the Mumbai attacks and in turn has avoided the death penalty and extradition to India.
Sources in India said three officers of National Investigation Agency (NIA) and a law officer would travel to Chicago, where Headley is held in the federal lock-up Metropolitan Correctional Centre and are expected to interrogate Headley next week.
The team is being sent following a communication from the US Justice Department that all concerned officials and the lawyer of Headley will be available during the visit of the Indian team to facilitate their access to Headley.
K.Venugopal
Why is America dilly-dallying in allowing India to interrogate Headley? The reason is that America is not actually fighting terrorism per se but strategizing its geo-political interests. In this strategizing it may well have some secret understanding with Pakistan that it (America) would help in its Kashmir front if Pakistan helped in the Afghanistan front. The Mumbai attack may well have been something America foresaw as part of Pakistan's Kashmir strategy and Headley may be privy to a coalescence of strategic interests between America and Pakistan. This may explain the reason why America is hesitant to allow India to interrogate Headley. It fears that India might get hands on evidence of America’s “strategic implicitly” in the Mumbai attack.
http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/Process-of-granting-access-to-Headley-is-moving-forward/551454/H1-Article1-550708.aspx
Chicago, May 30, 2010
The lawyer of David Headley, accused of helping LeT terrorists to execute the Mumbai attacks, has said the process of granting access to Indian authorities to the Pakistani-American is "moving forward" and there is no change in the intention to cooperate with them.
"The process (of providing Indian investigators access to Headley) is moving forward. There is no change in our intention to cooperate with Indian authorities" and provide access, Headley's lawyer John Theis told PTI in Chicago.
These remarks came as Indian investigators on Sunday leave for US to interrogate 59-year-old Headley.
Theis, however, said he would not comment on any specific details of such an access and "would not be able to share specific information at this point" as to when and for how long the team from India can question Headley.
Randall Samborn, spokesperson for the US Attorney's office here, declined to comment when and how the access would take place.
A four-member team of Indian investigators will interrogate Headley, who has pleaded guilty to his role in the Mumbai attacks and in turn has avoided the death penalty and extradition to India.
Sources in India said three officers of National Investigation Agency (NIA) and a law officer would travel to Chicago, where Headley is held in the federal lock-up Metropolitan Correctional Centre and are expected to interrogate Headley next week.
The team is being sent following a communication from the US Justice Department that all concerned officials and the lawyer of Headley will be available during the visit of the Indian team to facilitate their access to Headley.
K.Venugopal
Why is America dilly-dallying in allowing India to interrogate Headley? The reason is that America is not actually fighting terrorism per se but strategizing its geo-political interests. In this strategizing it may well have some secret understanding with Pakistan that it (America) would help in its Kashmir front if Pakistan helped in the Afghanistan front. The Mumbai attack may well have been something America foresaw as part of Pakistan's Kashmir strategy and Headley may be privy to a coalescence of strategic interests between America and Pakistan. This may explain the reason why America is hesitant to allow India to interrogate Headley. It fears that India might get hands on evidence of America’s “strategic implicitly” in the Mumbai attack.
http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/Process-of-granting-access-to-Headley-is-moving-forward/551454/H1-Article1-550708.aspx
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