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This is an archive article published on June 27, 2011

Worked for DEA,LeT simultaneously

David Headley went for training with LeT while he was still working as an informant with the US governments Drug Enforcement Administration.

David Headley went for training with LeT while he was still working as an informant with the US governments Drug Enforcement Administration.

Testifying before a Chicago court during the recently-concluded trial of co-accused Tahawwur Rana,Headley conceded that he was still working with DEA when he first attended an LeT meeting in 1999. Yes, Headley told the court,when the defence attorney for Rana asked: 1999 the year when Headley visited Pakistan for Lashkar meeting. But you were still working with the DEA when you went into the first Lashkar meeting,where you made a donation,correct?

Did you report to the DEA that you had gone to Lashkar meetings? Headley was asked,to which he replied in negative.

When you say working for the DEA,I was signed because I would sign up for periods of time. So I was working for them but not on any case at that time. I was signed up with them at that time, Headley clarified soon thereafter.

Responding to the questions from the defence attorney,Headley said even though he was not assigned any particular task by DEA,he was in contact with them and was under obligation to tell them if he came to know something of interest to them.

Headley told the court that he started attending LeT meetings on a regular basis from 2000 onwards and that Kashmir was the prime motivation for him to join this Pakistan-based terrorist outfit. Headley said he started going for LeT training soon after the 9/11 attacks in the US.

He also said he was called by FBI for questioning after there was a complaint against him.

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During the FBI questioning,Headley was confronted about his anti-American statements and his wish to fight jihad in Kashmir.

He told the FBI that he was working for the US government trying to infiltrate mosques,etc.

 

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