Suspect in Pearl Murder Was Held, Questioned, Before Death

The Wall Street Journal ^ | November 13, 2007 | Jay Solomon and Steve Levine

[KingofZion]

A long-sought suspect in the slaying of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl was secretly detained and interrogated by U.S. and Pakistani intelligence agencies before he died earlier this year, say U.S. and Pakistani law-enforcement officials.

The revelation about the suspect, Saud Memon, suggests that the interrogation may have played a role in his death, say lawyers and human-rights advocates who have accused the Bush administration of colluding with Islamabad in illegally arresting and detaining scores of suspected terrorists since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.

Memon was questioned both for his alleged involvement in Pearl's murder as well as his suspected role as a financier and facilitator for al Qaeda, including the pursuit of weapons of mass destruction, according to a senior U.S. law-enforcement official. The official said the interrogation yielded intelligence that Memon was aiding the terrorist organization to develop anthrax strains.

Memon was "in a lot of the rooms where important things were being discussed. He knew senior al Qaeda people, and was moving equipment and supplies," said the U.S. official, who had access to intelligence files on Memon.

[KingofZion]

I hope he died in pain

[skinkinthegrass]

....What was the problem?....may all his 72 virgins look like Helen Thomas/act like $hrillary/smells badly...very badly...and carry razor sharp scissors/knives like Bobbit

[Ben Hecks]

The official said the interrogation yielded intelligence that Memon was aiding the terrorist organization to develop anthrax strains.

This is also very interesting.

[VOA]

bump

[Cinnamon]

we gots to find out if he was water boarded. ooh water boarding is a no no.

[ricks_place]

I hope he died in pain

Perhaps the Marquis of Queensbury was briefly relieved by the Marquis de Sade, n'est pas?

[Aria]

So the devil’s desciple saws off an innocent man’s head and the “ lawyers and human-rights advocates” are running around whining. These people are SICK!

[Thebaddog]

We have numerous soldiers captured in Iraq with no knowledge of their condition and a high probability that they have been tortured. I can’t work up any sympathy for this fellow. You know what I mean? And how about the enemy rises to our level of humanity for a change?

[Cacique]

Now that's an occasion for a celebration.

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[bonehead4freedom]

I wonder why the so called human rights activists never condemn any of these terrorist groups or the Arab governments for their treatment of prisoners,yet always we hear from these same people that we must give these scum extra kind treatment so our soldiers won't be tortured! I have yet to see the case for doing anything but hanging this vermin to deter this barbaric behavior.