India granted access to Headley: Jones

Lalit K Jha
Washington, Jun 5 (PTI) India has been given access to
David Coleman Headley, Pakistani-American LeT operative who
has confessed to his role in the Mumbai attacks, US National
Security Adviser James Jones said on Saturday.
"Yes access (to Headley) has been given. This is an
ongoing process and I don't have any detailed information that
will be helpful except to say that it is in the hands of right
professionals from both countries," Jones told PTI at his
White House office.
"We have fulfilled our commitment," he said.
However, Jones did not have detailed information about
how and when a team of visiting Indian investigators was given
access to Headley, who is being held in Chicago.
"We are very happy that in this world of terrorist
activities that our two countries can work together to make
sure that we exchange information rapidly, we exchange
intelligence that we have, when we capture people that are
mutual interest we try to arrange for those people to be
interviewed by all interested sides in the interest of solving
the problems of these networks," he said.
Asked if this access to Headley is going to be one-time
affair or whether Indian investigating agencies would be given
access multiple times, Jones said: "I don't know but the
spirit of cooperation and respect for each other's position is
alive and well and we have taken the first step, we just have
to wait and see whether there is any other request beyond this
one." (More) PTI LKJ
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