US did not name Headley
New Delhi, Oct. 18: Giving a fresh twist to the controversy surrounding Pakistani-American Lashkar-e-Tayyaba terrorist David Coleman Headley, government officials here questioned why the US authorities did not share Headley’s name with Indian agencies despite two of his wives forewarning the FBI of terror attacks in India prior to 26/11.
The Indian officials suspect whether the US deliberately withheld Headley’s name to conceal his former identity as an undercover agent for a US agency.
Mr Mike Hammer, spokesman for the US National Security Council, has recently been quoted in the media saying the US “regularly provided threat information” to Indian officials in 2008, before the terror attack in Mumbai.
“Had we known about the timing and other specifics related to the Mumbai attacks, we would have immediately shared those details with the government of India,” Mr Hammer said.
A senior Indian official said the US agencies should have disclosed details, such as Headley’s name, after they got inputs from his wives. “Had the US authorities disclosed his name, he could have been detained by the Indian authorities," the official said.
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