David Headley

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David Coleman Headley (born Dawood Sayed Gilani; June 30, 1960) is an American terrorist who was the mastermind behind the 2008 Mumbai attacks. With the Pakistan-based terrorist organization Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and Pakistan's foreign intelligence agency, the ISI, Headley conducted extensive surveillance and reconnaissance missions throughout central Mumbai, providing critical information to facilitate planning and executing the attacks. Additionally, he, along with his accomplice Tahawwur Hussain Rana, was involved in an unsuccessful plot to carry out an attack in Copenhagen, targeting the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten. For both of these crimes, Headley was convicted of 12 counts of terrorism and sentenced to 35 years in prison. Born in Washington D.C., as an adult Headley became involved with drugs and trafficking. He was recruited as a U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) informant as part of his plea deal following conviction for multiple heroin-related offenses, including...

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