Is Pakistan Blocking Our Anti-Terrorism Efforts?

The Taj Mahal Hotel on fire during the Mumbai Attacks in November 2008

Pakistan Sets Roadblocks In U.S. Hunt For Extremists, Officials Say -- L.A. Times

American efforts to find plotters of a Mumbai-style attack in the U.S. were thwarted by Islamabad, officials said. Access to members of a militant group has been denied.

Reporting from Washington -- U.S. efforts to identify and thwart the growing threat posed by Pakistani extremists who enjoy easy access to the United States -- and already have a significant presence here -- are being undermined by the government of Pakistan, according to current and former U.S. and Western counter-terrorism officials.

After the terrorist attack in Mumbai, India, in November, which killed more than 170 people, the FBI and other U.S. agencies went on high alert, searching without success for evidence of plotters in the United States. But they were essentially shut down in efforts to work the Pakistan side of the investigation, not only to find additional plotters but to learn more about the Al Qaeda-affiliated Pakistani militant group suspected of orchestrating the attacks, Lashkar-e-Taiba, and its global network of cells, the officials said.

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My Comment: This is a very troubling report. If our ally .... who is demanding tens of billions in aid .... will not assist in anti-terrorism actions, we are in serious situation.