US committed to full information sharing on Headley with India: Roemer
New Delhi:US Ambassador to India Timothy J Roemer today clarified on Assistant Secretary Robert O Blake Junior's comments on Indian access to Lashkar-e-Toiba operative David Coleman Headley, and said Washington is committed to full
information sharing and provide substantial information to the Indian Government.
Headley, who has been charged by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) for
conspiring in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks, has pleaded guilty to all 12 charges
levelled against him in a US court. It is reported that Headley struck a deal with US
prosecutors, which concludes him not
being extradited to India and not receiving the death penalty. Roemer said: "As
the Assistant Secretary indicated, the U.S. is committed to full information sharing
in our counter terror partnership and in fact in this case we have provided substantial
information to the Government of India and we will continue to do so. "However,
no decision on direct access for India to David Headley has been made. The US
Department of Justice will work with the Government of India regarding the
modalities
of such cooperation." Union Home Secretary G K Pillai had on Thursday said that
India would lodge a protest if Headley is let off lightly, adding that New Delhi
would continue to demand access Headley. Forty-nine-year-old Headley is accused
of being a scout for the deadly 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks in which at least
166 people, including six Americans, were killed and for a plot to kill a Danish
cartoonist.
