Rana 'betrayed' by his friend Headley: Lawyer

Chicago, May 23 (PTI) A US lawyer representing
Tahawwur Hussain Rana, an accused in the Mumbai terror
attacks, has said that the Pakistani-Canadian has been
"betrayed" by his friend David Headley.
"Mr Rana's only crime was to be friends with David
Headley and to be in business with David Headley... David
Headley betrayed that," Charlie Swift, who is also an attorney
in the US military was quoted as saying by the 'Chicago
Tribune'.
Rana did nothing more than open his business to a
friend, he said.
The arguments in the trial of 50-year-old Rana,
co-accused with Pakistani-American Headley, will be heard by a
12-member jury later on Monday.
Headley, 50, Rana's old friend from military school in
Pakistan, claims that two years before terrorists struck
Mumbai, he began laying the groundwork for the attack,
financed by USD 25,000 from an officer in Pakistan's powerful
intelligence service.
Rana, who was indicted by a federal grand jury under
12 counts on February 15 last year for planning the attacks,
providing material support to Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) to carry
out the attacks and guiding Headley in scouting targets in
Mumbai in the process.
Arrested in Chicago over the Mumbai attacks, Rana had
claimed that he provided "material support" to 26/11
terrorists at the behest of Pakistani government and spy
agency Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI).
If convicted, Rana faces a possible life sentence.
While Headley has pleaded guilty, Rana has not pleaded
guilty.