Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan (TSP): June 30, 2011

Rangudu · Post by **Rangudu** » 19 Jul 2011 21:50

http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2011/July/11-nsd-937.html

Two Charged with Conspiring to Act as Unregistered Agents of Pakistani Government

WASHINGTON – Two individuals have been charged with participating in a long-term conspiracy to act as agents of the Pakistani government in the United States without disclosing their affiliation with the Pakistani government as required by law.

The charges were announced by Lisa Monaco, Assistant Attorney General for National Security; Neil MacBride, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia; and James McJunkin, Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI Washington Field Office.

Syed Ghulam Nabi Fai, 62, a U.S. citizen and resident of Fairfax, Va., and Zaheer Ahmad, 63, a U.S. citizen and resident of Pakistan, are charged in a one-count criminal complaint in the Eastern District of Virginia. The complaint alleges that the defendants have conspired to: 1) act as an agent of a foreign principal without registering with the Attorney General in violation of the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA); and 2) falsify, conceal, and cover up material facts they had a duty to disclose in matters within the jurisdiction of Executive Branch agencies of the U.S. government.

Fai was arrested this morning. Ahmad remains at large and is believed to be in Pakistan. Both face a potential sentence of five years in prison if convicted.

“FARA is designed to ensure that the U.S. government and American public know the underlying source of information and identity of persons attempting to influence U.S. policy and laws. The defendants are accused of thwarting this process by concealing the fact that a foreign government was funding and directing their lobbying and public relations efforts in America,” said Assistant Attorney General Monaco.

“Mr. Fai is accused of a decades-long scheme with one purpose – to hide Pakistan’s involvement behind his efforts to influence the U.S. government’s position on Kashmir,” said U.S. Attorney MacBride. “His handlers in Pakistan allegedly funneled millions through the Kashmir Center to contribute to U.S. elected officials, fund high-profile conferences, and pay for other efforts that promoted the Kashmiri cause to decision-makers in Washington.”

“Foreign governments who try to influence the United States by using unregistered agents threaten our national security,” said FBI Assistant Director in Charge McJunkin. “Mr. Fai’s alleged conduct illustrates the risk to our fair and open government. The charges underscore the dedication of Special Agents who enforce laws - like the FARA violations charged here - that are designed to detect and defeat those who attempt to surreptitiously exert foreign influence on our government by using agents who conceal their foreign affiliations . ”

According to an affidavit filed in support of the criminal complaint, Fai serves as the director of the Kashmiri American Council (KAC), a non-governmental organization located in Washington, D.C., that was founded in 1990 and also goes by the name “Kashmir Center.” The KAC describes itself in educational materials as a “not-for-profit organization dedicated to raising the level of knowledge in the United States about the struggle of the Kashmiri people for self-determination.”

The affidavit alleges that, although the KAC held itself out to be a Kashmiri organization run by Kashmiris and financed by Americans, the KAC is one of three “Kashmir Centers” that are actually run by elements of the Pakistani government, including Pakistan’s military intelligence service, the Inter-Services Intelligence Agency (ISI). The two other Kashmir Centers are in London, England, and Brussels, Belgium.

According to the affidavit, a confidential witness told investigators that he participated in a scheme to obscure the origin of money transferred by Pakistan’s ISI to Fai to use as a lobbyist for the KAC in furtherance of Pakistani government interests. The witness explained that the money was transferred to Fai through Ahmad, an American living in Pakistan. A second confidential witness told investigators that the ISI created the KAC to propagandize on behalf of the government of Pakistan with the goal of uniting Kashmir. This witness said ISI’s sponsorship and control of KAC were secret and that ISI had been directing Fai’s activities for the past 25 years.

When questioned by the FBI about these relationships in March 2007, Fai allegedly stated that he had never met anyone who identified himself as being affiliated with the ISI. In March 2010, the Justice Department sent Fai a letter notifying him of his possible obligation to register as a foreign agent with the Justice Department. In his written response to the Justice Department, Fai asserted that neither he nor KAC had ever engaged in any activities for or provided any services to Pakistan or any foreign entity. In a March 2011 interview with the FBI, Fai again denied having any relationship with anyone in the Pakistani government.

The affidavit alleges that Fai has acted at the direction of and with the financial support of the Pakistani government for more than 20 years. The affidavit alleges that four Pakistani government handlers have directed Fai’s U.S. activities and that Fai has been in touch with his handlers more than 4,000 times since June 2008. Fai’s handlers have also allegedly communicated with Ahmad regularly.

For example, the affidavit alleges that Fai repeatedly submitted annual KAC strategy reports and budgetary requirements to his Pakistani government handlers for approval. One document entitled “Plan of Action of KAC / Kashmir Center for Fiscal Year 2009” laid out Fai’s intended strategy to secure U.S. Congressional support in order to encourage the Executive Branch to support self-determination in Kashmir; his strategy to build new alliances in the State Department, the National Security Council, the Congress and the Pentagon, and to expand KAC’s media efforts.

According to the affidavit, Fai also set forth KAC’s projected budgetary requirements from the Pakistani government for 2009, including $100,000 for contributions to members of Congress. There is no evidence that any elected official who received financial contributions from Fai or the KAC was aware that the money originated from any part of the Pakistani government.

According to the affidavit, Fai and the KAC have received at least $4 million, from the Pakistani government since the mid-1990s through Ahmad and his funding network. The money is allegedly routed to Fai through Ahmad and a network of other individuals connected to Ahmad. Ahmad allegedly arranges for his contacts in the United States to provide money to Fai in return for repayment of those amounts in Pakistan.

To date, neither Fai, nor Ahmad, nor the KAC has registered as an official agent of the Pakistani or Kashmiri governments with the Attorney General as required by FARA.

This investigation is being conducted by the FBI’s Washington Field Office. The prosecution is being handled by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Gordon Kromberg and Daniel Grooms of the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Virginia and Trial Attorney John Gibbs of the Counterterrorism Section of the Justice Department’s National Security Division.

The public is reminded that an indictment and criminal complaint contain mere allegations and that defendants are presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.

Anujan · Post by **Anujan** » 19 Jul 2011 21:53

^^^

http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2011/July/11-nsd-937.html

Apparently that Paki is executive director of "Cashmere center" and has funneled ~5M over the past 20 years to prominent legislators to highlight the "Cashmere cause". How come Unkil didnt know for 20 years? Or are they turning the screws now? (Payback for Raymond Davis). Also contained in that report is the nugget that the other 2 "Cashmere centers" in Brussels and London are also ISI fronts.

Edit> Just saw that R-man posted the same link.

saip · Post by **saip** » 19 Jul 2011 21:54

Thanks, R. I was wondering where I heard the name Fai before.

arun · Post by **arun** » 19 Jul 2011 21:58

Rangudu,

Please X Post the news of Ghulam Nabi Fai's arrest by the FBI in the ISI History and Discussions thread as well.

Prem · Post by **Prem** » 19 Jul 2011 21:59

http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20 ... 1107190785
FBI arrests Va. man, said on Pakistani spy payroll

Syed Fai of Fairfax, Va., was arrested on charges of being an unregistered agent of a foreign government. Also known as Ghulam Nabi Fai, he is the executive director of the Kashmiri American Foundation, which India has viewed for many years as a front for the Pakistani government.Though the charges are not related to espionage, the arrest adds new strain to the already difficult relationship between the U.S. and Pakistan, which suffered after the U.S. found Osama bin Laden hiding inside Pakistan and killed him without telling the government there.

Fuddu Fool Fai got F.

saip · Post by **saip** » 19 Jul 2011 22:03

This is funny. So we send them billions and they send back a few millions so that some of those in the Congress get a few thousands for their campaigns. I wonder how much the Ketchup and the Luzer guys got for their campaigns.

Rangudu · Post by **Rangudu** » 19 Jul 2011 22:06

Anujan

This is payback for all the ISI harassment of CIA people. Unkil busted a nuclear trader sending stuff to TSP and then this. Basically they are saying - beta if you want to play these games, remember that we are masters at it.

Abhijit · Post by **Abhijit** » 19 Jul 2011 22:14

Is it time to sue the American justice dept for dereliction of duty? Obviously this fai's game going on for 25 years did not pass under the radar. The justice definitely knew about it. If a foreign agent is trying to buy influence in the congress with a foreign govt money, is it not incumbent upon the justice or other alphabet soup agencies to put a stop to it? The way I see it, the US govt deliberately let a foreign agent try to buy US legislators with foreign money for 25 years. there must be a law against letting that happen too?

RajeshG · Post by **RajeshG** » 19 Jul 2011 22:15

Pasha refused to swallow.

Rangudu · Post by **Rangudu** » 19 Jul 2011 22:16

^^ Prosecutorial discretion - Happens all the time.

arun · Post by **arun** » 19 Jul 2011 22:19

Rangudu wrote:http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2011/July/11-nsd-937.html

Two Charged with Conspiring to Act as Unregistered Agents of Pakistani Government

.................... According to the affidavit, Fai also set forth KAC’s projected budgetary requirements from the Pakistani government for 2009, including $100,000 for contributions to members of Congress. There is no evidence that any elected official who received financial contributions from Fai or the KAC was aware that the money originated from any part of the Pakistani government.

It will be intresting to know who these US “members of Congress” and US “elected officials” were.

Dan Burton? Cynthia McKinney?

jrjrao · Post by **jrjrao** » 19 Jul 2011 22:24

Complete court filing of the criminal complaint:

US vs. Syed Ghulam Nabi Fai and Zaheer Ahmad

http://www.scribd.com/doc/60358771/Fai- ... -Affidavit

Prem · Post by **Prem** » 19 Jul 2011 22:29

His arrest coincides with Sec Hillary clinton's arrival in India. Is USA finally shutting down this kind of puppet shows to entertain their whims in vain hope of influencing GOI. Nature took care of Khaa-lidhi, now FBI gets this fool and few more of the cabal now left masquerading as liberal, leftist, South Asian, Secularist, etc. all financed by Poaqstan.

AdityaM · Post by **AdityaM** » 19 Jul 2011 22:36

time to invite the author to BRF
Why My Father Hated India

Sushupti · Post by **Sushupti** » 19 Jul 2011 22:55

Do we know the "South Asians" from Indian side who regularly attended Ghulam Nabi Fai organised seminars on Kashmir?

A_Gupta · Post by **A_Gupta** » 19 Jul 2011 22:56

FBI affidavit (if you have access to scribd)
http://www.scribd.com/doc/60358771/Fai- ... -Affidavit
Also look at recent tweets from Colin Freeze
http://twitter.com/#!/Colinfreeze

e.g.

In 2011, Pak embassy 3rd Sec in DC calls Fai asking him to cultivate "11 media persons and six intellectuals.

RajeshA · Post by **RajeshA** » 19 Jul 2011 23:11

Abhijit wrote:Is it time to sue the American justice dept for dereliction of duty? Obviously this fai's game going on for 25 years did not pass under the radar. The justice definitely knew about it. If a foreign agent is trying to buy influence in the congress with a foreign govt money, is it not incumbent upon the justice or other alphabet soup agencies to put a stop to it? The way I see it, the US govt deliberately let a foreign agent try to buy US legislators with foreign money for 25 years. there must be a law against letting that happen too?

It wasn't foreign money. It was all American taxpayer dollars.

It is all a closed-circuit system of financial transactions. The US Senate Committee on Foreign Relations approves the money for Pakistan. Some of it vanishes in the pockets of crore commanders, some goes to Mr. 10%, some goes to "unregistered" lobbyists in USA, who then pass on to Mr. Larry Cougar to invest in tomato farming. How come USA never insists on accountability?

Geez, I'm sounding like all those CT-wallahs!

AdityaM · Post by **AdityaM** » 19 Jul 2011 23:14

Sushupti wrote:Do we know the "South Asians" from Indian side who regularly attended Ghulam Nabi Fai organised seminars on Kashmir?

KanchanGupta
Harinder Baweja (of Tehelka fame) justified terrorism by Kashmiri youth at 10th conference of KAC organised by FAI. As per Fai's e-mail.
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Interestingly, FAI would get to organise KAC conferences in congressional rooms on the Hill. US?
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Kuldip Nayar, Rajinder Sachar attended 11th Annual Conference of KAC organised by Fai. They were guests of KAC.
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Gautam Navlakha was a regular at KAC conferences.
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List of Indian 'intellectuals' who regularly attended Ghulam Nabi Fai organised seminars on Kashmir is a veritable who's who.
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FBI arrests Kashmiri American Council chief Ghulam Nabi Fai for being on ISI payroll and lobbying for Pak govt
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Anujan · Post by **Anujan** » 19 Jul 2011 23:15

Couple of more interesting pointe. ISI was running a "hawala" racket where Pakis could donate to the "Cashmere council" and ISI would reimburse their families in PKR. Win-Win for everyone.

There was a TOI Article looooooong back that Syed Ali Shah Geelani was funded massively by this org.

Stan_Savljevic · Post by **Stan_Savljevic** » 19 Jul 2011 23:17

1) Dr. Angana Chatterji, Professor, Social & Cultural Anthropology, California Institute of Integral Studies and Co-Convener, International People’s Tribunal on Human Rights and Justice in Indian-administered Kashmir.
2) Ms. Anuradha Bhasin Jamwal, Executive editor, Kashmir Times and a peace activist.
3) Mr. Gautam Navlakha, Democratic rights activist and Editorial Consultant, Economic and Political Weekly.
4) Professor. G.R Malik, Head of Department, English, Central University, Kashmir. An eminent scholar of the sub-continent, with a profound knowledge of the history of Kashmir.
4) Ms. Rita Manchanda, Program Executive of South Asia Forum for Human Rights, Co-ordinator of women, media, peace and conflict programs of SAFHR.
5) Ms. Victoria Schofield, Internationally acclaimed author and writer on Kashmir and related topics.

http://www.kashmiri.com/index.php?optio ... n&Itemid=3

pgbhat · Post by **pgbhat** » 19 Jul 2011 23:18

jrjrao wrote:Complete court filing of the criminal complaint:

US vs. Syed Ghulam Nabi Fai and Zaheer Ahmad

http://www.scribd.com/doc/60358771/Fai- ... -Affidavit

After little googling I find that the FBI special agent who is mentioned in the affidavit was also a staff member of the 9/11 commission.

Sushupti · Post by **Sushupti** » 19 Jul 2011 23:22

Are there any Gandhians in the list?

vijayk · Post by **vijayk** » 19 Jul 2011 23:27

I have a feeling that US finally turned the corner. They are getting ready to work on a strategy to destroy the state of TSP and its terrorist influence. They have had enough. We can get a confirmation when ISI agencts/Paki diplomats start disappearing or getting assassinated, their assets taken over and their kids start getting rejected for admissions to universities. When the US/west start turning the screws on TSP terrorist families, the Paki facade state will beg for mercy. I hope the SD by that time finalizes the strategy to split that state.

RajeshA · Post by **RajeshA** » 19 Jul 2011 23:28

Published on Jul 19, 2011
By Amitai Etzioni
Throwing Pakistan into the Arms of China: The National Interest

Moreover, if Washington were to cut off aid to Islamabad, Beijing has shown that it stands by to pick up the slack. Its investment in Pakistan has grown from around $4 billion in 2007 to $25 billion in 2010. True, China might be reluctant to anger the United States by writing checks directly to the Pakistani military, but it is already supplying that military with much of what it needs. In May 2011, China announced the sale of 50 fighter jets to Islamabad. (The fighter, JF-17, was developed jointly between Pakistan and China.) Seventy percent of Pakistan’s tanks are Chinese. China allowed Pakistan to test its first nuclear device on Chinese land and aided in its transportations of missiles purchased from North Korea.

The United States should deal with Pakistan in the ways business is done in this part of the world. It should stop lecturing and hectoring Pakistan in public, which only fuels the intense and widespread anti-American sentiments in that nation. Intelligence should be shared, but only when it cannot harm our interests—even if this means that most of it will be old hat. Indeed, instead of allowing the whole world to see that we could not trust our ally Pakistan, when the raid that killed bin Laden was carried out, the White House should have announced that it notified Pakistan but the memo (which should have been issued) was unduly delayed due to—you pick the reason—weather, encryption difficulties or a mistaken address. Even if most everyone would see through such face-saving moves, they are appreciated in the Middle East (and, by the way, in much of the rest of the world).

Will such diplomacy get Pakistan to fight the militant insurgency harder, close the terrorist sanctuaries in Waziristan, or better secure its nukes? It may do only a little more on all these fronts, but surely it will be better than if the United States alienates it even more. The notion that the Congress can twist Pakistan’s arm by withholding some 800 million dollars is unrealistic. The notion that we are pushing Pakistanis even further into the arms of China, and that they can cause us much grief, is not.

Is this guy one of the intellectuals, who is bought with recycled ketchup?

Of all people, a Jew! E tu Brutus!

CRamS · Post by **CRamS** » 19 Jul 2011 23:29

What about suzzana Roy? Will DDM make a big deal about this. Does someone have access to Arnab Goswami of TimesNow to publicize the dickent out of this. Everybody knows that the so called "core issue" festers because of TSP perfidy. This Ghulam Nabi Fai was a charlatan talking about self-determination when it was obvious he was Paki mouthpiece. Now its in the open, and time to expose these MoFos.

vijayk · Post by **vijayk** » 19 Jul 2011 23:30

Stan_Savljevic wrote:1) Dr. Angana Chatterji, Professor, Social & Cultural Anthropology, California Institute of Integral Studies and Co-Convener, International People’s Tribunal on Human Rights and Justice in Indian-administered Kashmir.
2) Ms. Anuradha Bhasin Jamwal, Executive editor, Kashmir Times and a peace activist.
3) Mr. Gautam Navlakha, Democratic rights activist and Editorial Consultant, Economic and Political Weekly.
4) Professor. G.R Malik, Head of Department, English, Central University, Kashmir. An eminent scholar of the sub-continent, with a profound knowledge of the history of Kashmir.
4) Ms. Rita Manchanda, Program Executive of South Asia Forum for Human Rights, Co-ordinator of women, media, peace and conflict programs of SAFHR.
5) Ms. Victoria Schofield, Internationally acclaimed author and writer on Kashmir and related topics.

http://www.kashmiri.com/index.php?optio ... n&Itemid=3

What about Arundhoti Roy?

Virupaksha · Post by **Virupaksha** » 19 Jul 2011 23:30

vijayk wrote:I have a feeling that US finally turned the corner. They are getting ready to work on a strategy to destroy the state of TSP and its terrorist influence. They have had enough. We can get a confirmation when ISI agencts/Paki diplomats start disappearing or getting assassinated, their assets taken over and their kids start getting rejected for admissions to universities. When the US/west start turning the screws on TSP terrorist families, the Paki facade state will beg for mercy. I hope the SD by that time finalizes the strategy to split that state.

nope, nothing has changed from US, it is the good cop/bad cop routine.

Virupaksha · Post by **Virupaksha** » 19 Jul 2011 23:32

http://www.kashmiri.com/index.php?view= ... y&Itemid=9

please identify people as many as we can in the gallery from KAC, so that we know who are the masks of ISI.

Rangudu · Post by **Rangudu** » 19 Jul 2011 23:32

The full affidavit lays bare the ISI ops in the matter. FBI even recorded a group meeting between Fai, ISI Maj.GEn. Bajwa and ISI Col. Tauqeer, where Fai was giving all the gory details of how much "Service" he has given to TSPA.

vijayk · Post by **vijayk** » 19 Jul 2011 23:33

Rangudu wrote:Awesome news!

This Syed Fai is actually the so called "Indian" Kashmiri Ghulam Nabi Fai, the man who organizes fake Kashmiri conferences in DC.

He's now been arrested as an ISI agent. Unkil knows where to hit to embarass TSP.

The courting of India has begun earnestly. Too bad that the current Govt. in India is filled with WKKs whose goal is to weaken India as much as and cover up crimes of Paki terrorist army/ISI.

Theo_Fidel · Post by **Theo_Fidel** » 19 Jul 2011 23:34

arun wrote:It will be intresting to know who these US “members of Congress” and US “elected officials” were.

Dan Burton? Cynthia McKinney?

Dan Burton is a long time Paki lover. I'm sure he would have taken the trouble to cover his tracks and not taken money directly.

This can't be the only such viper in the nest. There must be many many more. Ms Fair anyone. Or the Robin bird.

Stan_Savljevic · Post by **Stan_Savljevic** » 19 Jul 2011 23:37

Who is this?
http://www.kashmiri.com/index.php?view= ... y&Itemid=7

RajeshA · Post by **RajeshA** » 19 Jul 2011 23:38

vijayk wrote:We can get a confirmation when ISI agencts/Paki diplomats start disappearing or getting assassinated, their assets taken over and their kids start getting rejected for admissions to universities. When the US/west start turning the screws on TSP terrorist families, the Paki facade state will beg for mercy. I hope the SD by that time finalizes the strategy to split that state.

Does this mean that daaru-drinking RAPEs too would have to become momeen, because that would be the only way to get to the gori-gori Pindliyon ka Gooda, that too with the help of some tight-fitting vests. Of course the next best thing is to visit the Lead Rips Massage Palal in Islamabad just behind the Majlis-e-Shoora building.

Prem · Post by **Prem** » 19 Jul 2011 23:39

No news yet of Fai's relation with Saaja, Baaja, Kharabazaa group singing South Asian peace and communal riots ?
Remember Adolphus Klown.

RajeshA · Post by **RajeshA** » 19 Jul 2011 23:40

Virupaksha wrote:http://www.kashmiri.com/index.php?view= ... y&Itemid=9

please identify people as many as we can in the gallery from KAC, so that we know who are the masks of ISI.

One could download all the photos and save on one's hard-drive.

Anujan · Post by **Anujan** » 19 Jul 2011 23:41

Opensecrets website lists donations. Someone look it up and post?

Prem · Post by **Prem** » 19 Jul 2011 23:49

As per Opensecret KAC donated repeatedly to Joe Pitts and Dan Burton.

Rangudu · Post by **Rangudu** » 19 Jul 2011 23:53

It's already news re Dan Burton

Expect pro-ISI people to run for cover.

CRamS · Post by **CRamS** » 19 Jul 2011 23:57

vijayk wrote: The courting of India has begun earnestly. Too bad that the current Govt. in India is filled with WKKs whose goal is to weaken India as much as and cover up crimes of Paki terrorist army/ISI.

By whom? USA? What makes you conclude that?

But the second part I agree. Let there be some unequivocal ackowledgment from USA on terror against India by TSP and its local proxies. You can be rest assured that WKKs and traitors like P'Misra, S'Roy and assorted argumentative Indians who will be burning the mid night oil sending out op-ed to NYT and WP and Economist etc as to why siding with India on terror is not in US interests and why this will embolden "Hindu extremists" to inflict pogroms on Muslims & Christians & Dalits; the evils of caste system etc and how this will be exported to the world etc. There is a huge spectrum of Hindu haters, actually I would say more likely Brahmin & "upper caste" haters in India, who are India's biggest nemesis. Suzzana herself said that India is a lie, and consists of an "upper caste" oligarchy holding oppressing everybody else. I mean the virulent hatred of Modi and guboing before the likes of Mushraff who have done immense damagae to India is testimony to this phenomenon.

Prem · Post by **Prem** » 20 Jul 2011 00:03

The author of the article posted by Rajesh in India US Dhaga, Mr David Wolfe have been the companion of Mr. Fai for some time.