The good ones!: Trysts with MSM - Part 4

For all the filth that some journos churn out, there are some nice people out there who engage in a good, decent debate and are ready to own up mistakes, if any. Just like we are ready to own them up, if any.

Recently, Haryana special task force police were caught taking bribes, and CNN-IBN ran an exculsive. One of the ticker said something to the effect "Have our police force sold out". Smitha Nair was achoring the program and I tweeted to her asking how fair it is to have such a ticker, and also this.

@smitharnair it's like this - will you like it if i use a headline "Has media sold out?" after reading a paid news article? :)
http://twitter.com/ssudhirkumar/status/10521429937

She was gracious enough to reply back the next day saying this:

@ssudhirkumar hey am sorry- didnt reply earlier- i agree with you- didnt notice it then- will tell the producer
http://twitter.com/smitharnair/status/10569250038

Another example is Rajdeep's reply here, or a discussion with N.Ram here.

Also, please follow @Mrityunjoyjha for some real insights, and decent conversations.

And finally, I had a discussion with Anubha Bhonsle of IBN on the M.F.Hussein saga. Check out how decently we were able to debate.

The discussion started with her tweet: Husains son confirms the master has accepted Qatar nationality. What a pity ? Has India failed the master ?

I asked her how fair it is to use the word India, and also if he is not coming back fearing arrest or fearing violence. ( ot verbaitm, but something to this effect. not able to find my tweet now)

She replied back: @ssudhirkumar most cases against him have been dismissed. the trouble starts when the law is not valued and violence starts

@abhonsle I'd prefer a more informed debate on this, than just "have we failed him", "is it a national shame" etc? Your views?

@ssudhirkumar yes and twitter is hardly the forum for a detailed honest debate.

@abhonsle now if he chooses to go out of the country fearing arrest, how have we failed him?

@ssudhirkumar he should come bk to india, respect its law n hv faith in our policing. Those opposing him should be willing 2 do the same

@abhonsle fully agree.... which brings back to my first question :) how then, have we (as in India) failed him? :)

@ssudhirkumar by driving him away

The debate had to end there...I again sent a tweet saying generalising "we" and "India" does not do justice. And also wrote a letter to the Editors Guild on the same topic (not the debate with Anubha :D). The letter is here.

The main point I wanted to make here is that such civilised debates are what prompts more people to engage meaningfully. Click on the "Trsyts with MSM" label here to see an exact contrast to all the above discussions :)

"Moron" & "Loser". Tryst with MSM - Part 3

Just when I was thinking Monday was coming to a quiet end, is when this happened!

Before proceeding further, my strong recommendation is that you go through this blog here, which will give you the background for what I am about to describe here.

Now that you know the background, I asked another question on Saturday: "Dear NDTV. Your scroll now shows "Narendra Modi was served summons last week" can you please get your facts right".

And then I get blocked by her on twitter. Blocked for asking fact based questions, not even ideological questions.

And on Monday evening she comes and tweets something about Sania Mirza and Shoaib Mallik getting married. In response I tweet this:

Yes @NidhiNDTV finds Sania's marriage worthy enough to tweet, but not Hyd riots.

And behold folks - for what is about to follow is pure vitroil !

@ssudhirkumar you're such a loser, why are still here?! moron

I ask back: I challenge you for a decent debate right here on all the topics I have raised here. Are you ready? @NidhiNDTV

And I get back this: @ssudhirkumar No, not wasting my time with a low level loser! tata

Attached is a snapshot of her responses to others, justifying her words because I "abused" her. I leave it to the reader's judgement as to what kind of civilised and well-mannered person uses such kind of language.

PS: Thank you all who have replied, RT'ed and expressed solidarity against such blatant show of mis-directed angst by a reputed anchor of NDTV. All because I questioned facts.

That's all, your honour!: Mar 21-27

1. The Worli Sea link was inagurated, for the second time in one year :D. Well, the comedy in the story was supposed to be the fact that it was being "inagurated" again, but then the Congress party thought that humour is not enough for the nation. So it decides to take a huge step forward - The Chief Minister of the state, Mr. Ashok Chavan was disappointed that Amitabh Bachchan was also invited to the same function. He see this as a ploy by his ally NCP to embarass him in front of the High Command. Now, why would Amitabh's presence irk the high command? Hold your breath - because he has decided to become the brand ambassador of Gujarat! Yes - you read it right. And you'd think that after the media highlights this, the issue would have subsided? See, that's where Congress again stumps you :D. The CM and Amitabh were to share the stage at a literary event on Sunday but the CM prepones his presence by a day, in an "attempt to pacify Congress leadership". And then Abhishek Bachchan's posters were removed from the Earth Hour campaign too by Congress workers. All this because an artist decided to become the brand ambassador of a state. And not long ago, the same Congress was talking about artistic freedom etc. haa!

2. Last week, we lost count of the number of eggs that landed up on the face of sections of the national media (english). Documented the whole thing in a letter to teh Editors Guild here, to which Rajdeep Sardesai was kind enough to reply. A subsequent discussion with Nidhi Razdan of NDTV revealed just how much they are unwiling to accept their mistake. And then came March 27th - the day Narendra Modi and SIT decided to meet. Media houses started discussions (yet again) on what this case holds for Modi, his "aspirations" to become the PM etc etc. About 1 1/2 hours into the dicussion they ran out of topics, and started speculating that the questioning might be over soon, and then shifted to talking about "nearly 2 hours of questioning, what must have transpired?". The questioning began at sharp 12. And Modi came out at around 5:30! He addressed the Press, and told them that he will come back at 9pm and complete the second round today itself! He came back at 9pm sharp, and the questioning went on till 1am in the night! That's right, 9 hours of questioning. Some journos started saying that this means Modi had a lot to answer for, hence the long hours. Whatever dude! You had a huge problem speculating that he will not come to the SIT, and when he called your bluff and attended the deposition, chose not to drag and completed the whole thing in one day, you still continue to have a problem! It is nobody's case here that he should not be punished if he is guilty, but this is the first time a constitutional body wanted to question him and he followed it. Offstumped blog piece here sums up succintly the conclusions. The likes of Bhupendra Chaubey will do a huge favour to the nation, if they stop speculating and wait for the report to come out. Otherwise the chances of more eggs landing on his face are sky high!

3. Ahh - this you have to follow! The Indian Express broke this story on the battle in The Hindu top management for control over the newspaper! And then all hell broke lose! Certain members party to this struggle come out on twitter and make the fight public! This Outlook blog has all the details in full, no need to discuss them again here. Yours truly's question to one of the stake holders also finds mention here :).

4. Late YSR, promised 4% reservation to backward Muslims in state government jobs. As always, catering to vote bank. The High Court stuck this down twice when he was alive, and once recently too. The state government then approached Supreme Court, and guess what, the SC upheld the reservations! And then it was referred the whole case to Constitutional Bench who will decide it's final validity, because this involves many constitutional questions. Wait for other religions to up their ante now. See, reservations based on economic do make sense, there is no denying that. The larger question now will be why just include one religion in that? Why not the others? And more importantly how do you decide on which "communities/categories" fall under this category when the said religions don't follow a "community" system? We are just screwing up our system with so many reservations. The OC's will soon become the worst sufferers. See, this is the problem if you don't vote!

5. Ahh wait, the media had one more thing to go gaga this week. The US-Pak talks this week. Rumours of a purpoted Nuclear Deal with Pak plus many more such "gifts" to them made our media go into a tizzy. Ofcourse, all those turned out to be untrue. US as expected did not talk tough with Pakistan. The total bungling up by India in the David Headley case slowly was put on the backburner. Frantic efforts by the government to reign in the media paid off - not one channel questioned the political executives in the government. Don't ask why, you very well know the answer your honour!

అదన్నమాట!:మార్చి 21-27

1 . కథ మళ్ళి మొదటి కి వచ్చింది. ఈనాడు ఏమో ఒక రోజు జగన్ మోహన్ రెడ్డి మరియు ఇతర కుటుంబ సభ్యులు పాల్పడుతున్న అవినీతి గురుంచి పతాక శీర్షిక ఒకటి ప్రచురించింది. మరుసటి రోజు సాక్షి రామోజీ రావు మీద ఒక పతాక శీర్షిక ప్రచురించింది. అదే రోజు రాత్రి రామోజీ రావు మీద ఒక అర గంట కార్యక్రమం సాక్షి టీవీ లో ప్రసారం అయ్యింది. రాష్ట్ర ప్రజలకి తెలంగాణా అంశం నుంచి మంచి ఊరట లబించింది !

2 . ఈ కాంగ్రెస్స్ వాళ్ళు ఎంత నీచానికి ఆయినా దిగజారుతారు. రాష్ట్ర అసెంబ్లీ లో తెదేపా వాళ్ళు ఆరోపణలు ఎదురుకుంటున్న ఒక ఐ ఏ ఎస్ అధికారి కి అదనపు బాధ్యతలు ఎలా ఇస్తారు అని ప్రశ్నిస్తే, కాంగ్రెస్స్ వాళ్ళు లెగిసి, సదరు అధికారి, దళితుడు కాబట్టి తెదేపా ఇలా మాట్లాడుతుంది అని ఎదురు దాడి కి దిగారు ! చాలా చక్కగా విషయాన్ని మళ్ళించారు.

3 . మొన్న ఆ మధ్య మనం ఎపిపిఎస్సి లో జరిగిన అక్రమాలను చర్చించాము. ఈ వారం అసెంబ్లీ లో కూడా ఇదే చర్చా జరిగింది. ముఖ్యమంత్రి గారు విచారణ జరిపిస్తాము అని చెప్పారు. అంటే, ఇక మీదట ఈ విషయం మీద ఇంకా ఏమి చర్చా ఉండదు. విచారణ ఎలాగో ఏమి తేల్చాడు. అవినీతి అధికారులు రాజ్యం ఎలుతూనే ఉంటారు. భరించల్సింది మాత్రం సగటు విద్యార్ధి ఏ.

Trysts with MSM - Part 2

So after the recent fiasco in which sections of media went gaga over the "non-appearance" of the Chief Minister of Gujarat in front of the SIT on a date imagined by them, we had a main stream media (MSM) journalist Nidhi Razdan come on twitter yesterday and say this.

This whole controversy on the date is a silly deviating ploy. FACT: Mr Modi has been asked to depose. That doesn't change.

I don't understand- how has the media made an "ass' of itself on Modi? Is it not a FACT that hes been summoned by the SIT?

To which I replied:

@NidhiNDTV and he has agreed to depose. that doesn't change too. media's over enthusiasm to arrive at judgement-that doesn't change too!

@NidhiNDTV his letter was not condeming media for giving out a wrong date, but arriving at wrong conclusions based on that date.

@NidhiNDTV and last but not the least,isn't it basic courtesy to clarify that the date was published wrong?

@NidhiNDTV NDTV said summons were issued for him to appear "on March 21". It is there on your website only!

To which she replied:
@ssudhirkumar like I said- on the first day the SIT said 21st. After that they said "the week of the 21st' which we reported all week. so ?

My reply:

@NidhiNDTV yes, and then you said this "Modi likely to skip riot panel hearing" u created an impression that he did NOT appear on the 21

@NidhiNDTV this link on NDTV says "SIT had summoned Modi to remain present before him tomorrow " http://bit.ly/95602r

@NidhiNDTV the link is updated on March 21st, and says"SIT had summoned Modi to remain present before him tomorrow" http://bit.ly/95602r

And here comes the prophecy!

@ssudhirkumar can't help it if you are selective in your opinion.

I ask back:

@NidhiNDTV I am giving you factual proof of what is written on your website. You call it selective opinion. On a page that is updated c/f

@NidhiNDTV c/f on the March 21, NDTV says this "SIT had summoned Modi to remain present before him tomorrow" would you want to clarify ?

She says this:

@ssudhirkumar read the WHOLE story- it says 'the week starting 21st"!

I again ask:

@NidhiNDTV isn't it contradictory??? It says he has been asked to appear tomorrow, and then later says he has a week!! u dont owe an expln?

@NidhiNDTV are you denying that the website gives out contradictory information?

And she ends the conversation thus!

@ssudhirkumar don't owe you anything, can't help it if you don't understand english

Look at the website people. Three lines stand out. The first one attributes to the sources that " Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi is likely to skip appearance on Sunday "

The 5th line says "SIT had summoned Modi to remain present before him tomorrow "

And the 9th line says this "Modi has a week starting Sunday to appear before the SIT "

But hey, who cares for logic people? All you need to know is English! Speaking of knowing english, read this line again (I stress on the emphasis) "SIT had summoned Modi to remain present before him tomorrow " Thanks to @ipramodv for pointing this out :D

However, my argument with her was not based on semantics, but with the fact that why is the media not willing to issue a clarification or an apology for goofing up on the date and building pressure as the date neared.

Why is Nidhi escaping these facts and just branding me as "selective in my opinion" and "not knowing english"? Just what is stopping them from saying, "Yes, we got the date wrong,we regret the error and any incoveinience thus caused" ?

7th letter to EG:Absence of deciding authority

Within minutes of writing this letter, Rajdeep Sardesai was kind enough to reply :) His reply is appended to the post. Thanks for the prompt reply Rajdeep.

Sir,

The recent fiasco bought to light by the Chief Minister of Gujarat again strongly underscores the need for a ombudsman mechanism to be established in the media.

Allow me to first present the facts threadbare. On March 11, The Hindu broke a story saying SIT issued summons to the Chief Minister of Gujarat to appear before it on March 21. All the TV channels immediately picked the news up, had hours of discussions with attractive and eye catchy headlines. Subsequent to that, they have been continously reminding their viewers/readers that as the "day of reckoning" is nearing, there is yet no word from the Chief Minister of Gujarat.

Some TV channels, like IBN have clarified on the first day itself that Mr. Modi was summoned "in the week of March 21" and he can "either appear in person or send in his representative". However, in subsequent days, I do not recall this fact being stressed upon with the importance it deserves. And upon his "non-appearance" on the 21st, sections of the media went ballistic asking what exactly is that the Chief Minister is fearing, why did he not attend the hearing, and above all why isn't he respecting the law.

And when the Chief Minister of Gujarat released an open letter to the people of this country, he has specifically mentioned that he was not summoned on the 21st of March as was being reported, and there was absolutely no reason to vilify him as was being done for his "non-appearance".

Unfortunately, most sections of the media, went on the offensive claiming that this is just a mistake on the date and there is no need to make a big deal out of it. I beg to differ sir. Viewed in isolation, it might just be an error in the reporting of the date. However, like it or not, most of the media used this date as the benchmark to decide on the respect for law a Chief Minister of a state has. It used this date as the deadline to decide whether or not a Chief Minister of a state can be vilified for purpoted cowardliness and willfully avoiding the due process of the law. How does questioning this wrongful coverage based on an imaginary date amount to side tracking the issue?

And even if it is viewed in isolation, doesn't courtesy demand that a clarification be issued saying an error was made in the reporting of the date? And viewed in totality, doesn't this whole judgement passed by sections of the media on the character of a Chief Minister of a state demand a stronger apology? The Hindu has clarified on the date today, sadly others still haven't. Infact Indian Express ran an editorial decrying Modi for not appearing on the 21st despite SIT keeping its offices open!

And here's where I wish to bring in the total lack of absence of an authority to which we can go and complain. There is no authority in the country as of today, who can judge if you (as in media) or me (as in viewer/reader) is right in this case (or for that matter in any case). Let's leave aside an authority of the government. Except for The Hindu, no other newspaper or TV channel have an independent authority within themselves to assess the errors in factual reporting or to discuss with us their ideological leanings.

As much as I appreciate your drive to make paid news an offence, don't you also think that that by making it the only issue, the EG is sidestepping on other very important and pertinent issues such as these? On the same lines that it petitioned the EC, why doesn't the EG petition the I&B ministry asking to formalise a regulatory authority? Surely the least EG can do is this.

Best Regards,

Sudhir

PS: Here's Rajdeep reply:

Firstly, let me say that we are pushing for an independent regulatory authority.. Hopefully, the govt will accept our recos. Secondly, on narendra modi's date, yes, the date of 21st was erroneous. Yes, we shld have been upfront abt the mistake. But the mistake was not deliberate as the cm seems to suggest. More importantly, the crucial fact in the story was not the date, but the intent of the cm. Having said that, we in the media shld be ready to concede mistakes more readily than we do. Rgds

That's all, your honour! Mar.14-20

1. On Monday last week, at 12pm, the Speaker of the Lok Sabha reads out a note from the government saying that it does not intend to introduce the Nuclear Liability bill in the Lok Sabha. The opposition demanded to know why the bill was not being introduced, but the government as usual did not answer. Later in the day (or rather during the night TV shows) the Congress spokesperson goes ballistic and reads out some legal clauses to tell us why the bill is solid. Now, here's the question - if the party wa so confident, why on earth did it not introduce the bill in the Lok Sabha???

So, what is this bill about? It is basically an insurance bill. In the event of a nuclear disaster, the bill seeks to limit the amount payable by the equipment supplier to Rs. 500 crore. Anything above that will be borne by the operator of the plant, in this case the Government of India (GoI). The maximum cap on GoI is about 2,300 crore. The bill also seeks to have a 10 year limit, after which one cannot file any cases to claim damages based on the accident. So, what is the problem then? Rs. 500 crore is a ridiculously low amount. In the event of a disaster today, the government will be settling the whole compensation for just twice the amount of what it settled for Bhopal Gas Tragedy way back in 1989. It is also well known that the effects of a nuclear disaster are felt well after even 20 years. Limiting the petitioner's right to claim damages after 10 years is simply unacceptable. The ratio of the insurance cap of the supplier and the operator is also to our disadvantage. Why should the tax payer dish out so much money, while the supplier will end up paying much less even if it is his equipment solely at fault? Please note that even before the opposition asked these questions, Finance ministry and Environment Ministry have objected to these provisions. And folks, for the best reading on this topic, I strongly recommend read this blog by Pilid. It's a longgg one, but trust me it is worth reading twice over too! No Main Stream Media's journalist can come anywhere close to analysing it this well!

2. While we are discussing bills, one more important bill that the cabinet cleared was the Foreign Universities Bill. Basically it allows for foreign universities to set up their campuses in India! Now, I am still not sure if this is a revolutionary step or not, because we have to see what their fee structure is going to be, and how much we can afford them. Either way, it is still a step forward, opening up possibilities for the students. The details of the bill can be read here.

3. This event will take the cake! The Bahujan Samaj Party completed 25 years of its existence. And obviously they celebrated it this week. While everything was going on predictable lines and the national media was getting bored, came the moment they will love! A huge garland made entirely out of Rs. 1000/- notes was presented to Mayawati ! IT is apparently estimating that garland to be worth Rs. 5 crores! And our national media went ballistic. Well, for them this is the first time it is happening. For us in South India, we are used to all this (well, not in terms of notes, but gold etc). It turned out that it was South Indians that presented the garland afterall !( The Karnataka unit of BSP owned it up). And Mayawati gave back to the National Media in her own inimitable style. 2 days later, she accepted another money garland - this time worth only Rs. 18 lakhs but nevertheless, she plainly defied them!

4. Nitin Gadkari announced his new team of 121 members this week. It looked promising, but the best support came from the most unexpected quarters - this editorial in The Hindu !

5. The Home Minister of India says German Bakery was issued an alert about a possible terror attack. The Home Minister of Maharashtra says there was alert for German Bakery. All we want to know is who is telling a lie here. That's all, your honour!

అదన్నమాట!: మార్చి 14-20

1. మన టీవీ చానెల్స్ కి కొంచం చనువు ఇస్తే చాలు అండి, చెలరేగిపోతాయి! విజయశాంతి గారు చిరంజీవి గారికి చాలెంజ్ విసిరారు. దమ్ము ఉంటె తెలంగాణా లో తిరగమని, లేకపోతె ఆంధ్ర కి మకాం మార్చుకోమని. అంతే. ఎన్ టీవీ ఒక అర గంట ప్రోగ్రాం ప్రసారం చేసింది. చిరంజీవి మరియు విజయశాంతి ఒకప్పటి హిట్ జంట అని ఒక 20 నిమషాలు వారి పాత పాటలు చూపించింది. తదుపరి మూడు నిముషాలు, విజయశాంతి గారి చాలెంజ్ చూపించారు. ప్రోగ్రాం సమాప్తం ! అసలు ఇవి వార్త చానెల్స్ కన్నా వినోదం కోసం పెట్టిన చానల్స్ లాగ ఉన్నాయి. ఇంకెంత దిగాజారతాయో ముందు ముందు రోజుల్లో.

2 . రాష్ట్రం లో నీటి ఎద్దడి రోజు రోజుకి ఎక్కువ అవుతుంది. కరెంట్ కోతలు కి అయితే అసలు అడ్డు అదుపు లేకుండా పోయింది. ప్రతిపక్ష సభ్యులు వినూత్నంగా నిరసన కూడా తెలిపారు. ప్రభుత్వం మాత్రం నిమ్మ కు నీరెత్తినట్టు గానే ఉంది. ముఖ్యమంత్రి గారు ఏమో, అవును సమస్యలు ఉన్న మాట నిజమే అంటారు. కాని వాటిని అధిగమించడానికి వారి ప్రభుత్వం చేపడుతున్న పనులు ఏంటి అని మాత్రం వివరించారు. గట్టిగ అడిగితె, ప్రతిపక్షం మీద దాడికి దిగుతారు. కష్టాలు పడవలసింది మాత్రం సామాన్యుడే!

3 . ఫ్రీ జోన్ అంశం మళ్ళి తెర మీదకి వచ్చింది. పోలీస్ నియమకలకి గాను సుప్రీం కోర్ట్ హైదరాబాద్ ని ఫ్రీ జోన్ గా పేర్కొంది. దీనికి అనుకునట్టే తెలంగాణా వాదులు వ్యతిరేకత తెలిపారు. అయితే ఉన్న గొడవలు చాలవు అన్నట్టు, మళ్ళి కోతవి కొని తెచుకోవడం ఎందుకు అని, ముఖ్యమంత్రి గారు అసెంబ్లీ లో ఏకంగా రాజ్యాన్గాన్నే సవరించమని కేంద్ర ప్రభుత్వం ని కోరుతూ తీర్మానం పెట్టారు. దీనినే వ్యతిరేకిన్చేవాళ్ళు స్పీకర్ పోడియం దగ్గరికి వెళ్ళే లోపలే ఆ స్థానం లో ఉన్న డిప్యుటీ స్పీకర్ తెర్ర్మానాన్ని సభ ఆమోదించినట్లు ప్రకటించేశారు !! అదన్నమాట!

Saina Nehwal ranked 5th in the world!

In what can surely be termed as a very proud moment for Indian Sports, Saina Nehwal, the badminton player, has been ranked 5th in the world. Early last week, she became the first Indian woman to reach the semifinals of the All England Badminton championship. And even there, she went down fighting and it definetely was not a walk over for the opponent. Here's earnestly hoping she continues her wonderful game, and doesn't get swayed away like her other famous Hyderbadi sporstperson! May her tribe grow :)

The Obvious Case of David Headley

David Coleman Headley, was formerly known as Daood Gilani. His dad is a former Pak diplomat and mom is an American. He is an American Citizen. His original name, as mentioned before, is Daood Gilani. He changed it to David Headley because that will make his travel across the subcontinent easy.

So why did he want to travel around the subcontinent? Because he was working for a terrorist organisation called Laskhar-e-Toiba (LeT). Being an American Citizen with a name like David Headley, he was pretty sure that his frequent visits to India and Pakistan will just go un-noticed. And he was right. Despite his passport having multiple instances on entry into India, Pak etc, none of the immigration officers here in India or in US even doubted his instances even once.

So what work did he do for LeT? He came to India, did a detailed recce of many many places and submitted his videos to the LeT in Pakistan. Do you want to take a guess at what some of those locations?

1. Taj, Mumbai.
2. CST, Mumbai.
3. Trident, Mumbai.
4. German Bakery, Osho Ashram etc, Pune.

Do these names ring a bell? The famed 26/11 attacks took place at the top 3 locations. The recent Pune blast happened at German Bakery. This is just a list of some places. I don't know about the other places he went to.

Recent investigative reports also revealed that David Headley was also an FBI agent, possibly a CIA agent too. So basically a double agent. Worked for the FBI and the LeT. Ofcourse, it has neither been officially confirmed nor denied that he worked for FBI.

So, now lets connect the dots (duh! like there is anything to connect there). So essentially, David Headley is a prime conspirator in terror attacks carried out on India. He is one of those chiefly responsible for killing of the citizens of India. As also some citizens of the US, Israel etc. If anything, the US should have atleast given us the access to interrogate him. Afterall, we allowed FBI to interogate Kasab within weeks of his arrest.

But hey, what does the US do? It arrests him, but does NOT give us access to interogate him. It enters into a plea bargain with him. Yes, you read it right. It entered into a plea bargain with a TERRORIST. He pleads guilty, doesn't get the death sentence and no more interrogations. However, the kind souls that the US government officials are - they have told us that we can have video conferences with him in Indian courts. Rejoice people, for the US has been so magnanimous in offering us this wonderful facility.

So the US had to do this to protect its secrets, for he was an FBI agent too, apparently. The war on terror has just become a joke now. If you are wondering what will the Indian government do now... please, let's not even get into that.

David Headley is a Terrorist. Nothing more, nothing less. But hey, the obvious case of Daood Gilani ends with a plea bargain! Shame on the US(the degree of superlatives here really does not matter today - we have been insulted, and that's the truth).

PS: Links to all the claims above are available on the net.