Headley Makes Deal With DOJ and Dodges Death and Extradition for 26/11 Mumbai Attack

David Coleman Headley, 48, and Tahawwur Hussain Rana, 48, were accused by U.S. federal authorities in Chicago, in complaints unsealed on October 27, 2009, of plotting against the employees of a newspaper in Copenhagen.[14] Headley is accused of traveling to Denmark to scout the building of the Jyllands-Posten newspaper, and a nearby Synagogue, for an attack by terrorists.[15]

On December 8, 2009, the FBI additionally accused Headley of conspiring to bomb targets in Mumbai, India; providing material support to Lashkar-e-Taiba, a militant Pakistani Islamist group; and aiding and abetting the murder of U.S. citizens in the 2008 Mumbai attacks.[2]

Headley pleaded guilty to all charges on March 18, 2010.[1][16] He faces life in prison and a three million dollar fine when he is sentenced.[17]

[edit] Accusations by India's NIA
India's new National Investigation Agency (NIA) registered a case against Headley and Rana for allegedly plotting the 2008 Mumbai attacks in India.[18][19]

Headley's arrest and guilty plea got close media attention in India, with the Home Minister Palaniappan Chidambaram addressing it in frequent questions from reporters. Chidambaram said the United States authorities have shared "significant information" about the case. U.S. assistant secretary of state Robert Blake said India would have "full access" to question Headley in the United States, although the possibility of extraditing him to India appears to be precluded by Headley's plea agreement.[20][21] Chidambaram said they would continue to try to get the man extradited.[22]

Headley's admissions, e.g., that he made video recordings of terrorism targets for the LeT, have corroborated other evidence in the ongoing trial of Ajmal Amir Kasab in Mumbai.[23]

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