US to share with India findings of `full review` on Headley

New Delhi, Nov 1 (PTI) Amid India's complaint that the US
did not share information relating to David Headley before or
after 26/11, the United States has promised to share the
outcome with India the findings of a "full review" on when and
what inputs it received about the Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist.
India's Home Minister P Chidambaram on Monday said the
issue of the US not sharing information about Headley was
"blown out of proportion" as the US had shared intelligence
with India in the months leading to 26/11 as well as after
26/11, though the name of Headley was not mentioned.
"What they knew about David Headley and when they knew
about that and made the connection with 26/11, it is a matter,
I am told, under full review in the United States," he told
reporters replying to questions on sharing of information on
Headley.
Chidambaram said he had been assured that when the US
authorities would complete the full review, they would share
it with India.
"So, let's wait for that review to complete," he said.
Union Home Secretary G K Pillai had said on October 27
that the Home Ministry was "disappointed" that the US did not
provide specific information about Headley, who had plotted
the 26/11 Mumbai attacks that claimed 166 lives, even though
he travelled here freely after the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack.
The Home Minister said intelligence sharing between
India and the US was "extremely good" and the name of Headley
was shared with New Delhi sometime in October 2009.
Asked whether the issue of Headley's extradition will
figure in the meetings during the forthcoming visit of
President Barack Obama to India, Chidambaram said "it
(extradition) is an option and, as I said, we will continue to
pursue that option".
On the possibility of filing a chargesheet against
Headley in connection with the Mumbai attack, he said it was a
decision which has to be taken by the National Investigation
Agency -- the prosecuting agency-- and not by the government.
On counter-terrorism cooperation between the US and
India, the Home Minister said the two governments were working
on an understanding with reference to a counter-terrorism
initiative.
"So, until that work is completed, I won't be able to
comment but we ...the Ministry of Home Affairs broadly
supports cooperation and counter-terrorism," he said.