MENON

Menon said the worst thoughts expressed by a similar
dialogue a year ago had come true and "it is today actually
even less possible to be optimistic about the success of
existing counter-terrorism strategies in South Asia -- in
Pakistan or in Afghanistan.
He did not elaborate on the "worst thoughts" but was
clearly referring to the support Pakistani establishment gives
to terrorists who are used as a political tool.
Headley, a Lashkar-e-Taiba operative who had conducted
recce for the Mumbai attacks, is in a Chicago jail and was
recently interrogated by a team of National Investigation
Agency (NIA).
Indian Home Secretary G K Pillai said earlier this month
that Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) had a "much
more significant role" to play in the Mumbai terror attacks
and it was "literally controlling and coordinating the attacks
from the beginning till the end." PTI