Dr. Tuhawwar Rana's Trial - Colin Freeze's direct tweets from the Chicago courtroom on May 26, 2011

Day Four

1. About an hour away from a full day's cross-examination of Mumbai Massacre plotter David Headley.... Can't wait #Ranatrial Day 4
2. PLEASE CIRCULATE: If you want to know the FULL US Govt take on Headley story read pages 19-57 of this PDFhttp://bit.ly/mE8kln #Ranatrial
3. @blahssome See pp 20-21. Meeting with Major. Iqbal. Headley testifies he's ISI. Prosecutors shy about highlighting ISI links …
4. @blahssome ... Also it's Tahawwur Rana who is on trial here. Not the ISI. Though, if the US ever catches Major Iqbal they will try him...
5. And we're back. Headley still in rugby shirt and windbreaker, with familiar gray buzzcut and widow's peak.... #Ranatrial

Colin Freeze's direct tweets from the Chicago courtroom on May 25, 2011

Day Three

1. Entering court now for #Ranatrial Day 3. Security-screening lines long.
2. Headley testimony begins with blow by blow of MMP, plot assassinate those "I felt to be directly responsible for the cartooons" #Ranatrial
3. Oct. 20-29 Headley in Copenhagen. Returns to Atlanta.Customs asks him purpose of visit."I said I was an immigration consultant." #Ranatrial
4. Headley duped LET handler Sajid Mir who told him "that (MMP)project was on hold he didn't want me to do it any longer." #Ranatrial
5. "Pasha's" full name is Abdurahman Hashim Syed -- Pak Army-turned-LET operative arrested briefly by ISI in 09. #Ranatrial

Dr. Tahuwwar Rana’s Trial – Day Two

Colin Freeze's direct tweets from the Chicago courtroom on May 24, 2011

Day Two

1. Getting ready for #Ranatrial Day 2. Hoping to hear Headley talk about what he was doing on 26/11. .... Starts in 1 hour.
   
2. #Ranatrial Day 2 is about to begin...
   
3. Headley Rana back in court
   
4. H(eadley) stands at attention at attention like a soldier when judge comes in. Muscular man. Rana skinny, in a rumbled suit.
   
5. March 2008 Chicago. Rana-Headley talk. "I told him that I had been asked too look at landing sites around Mumbai...." #Ranatrial

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Dr. Tuhawwar Rana’s Trial in Chicago as Tweeted by Colin Freeze

Colin Freeze's direct tweets from the Chicago courtroom on May 23, 2011. He is the national security correspondent for Canada's national newspaper The Globe and Mail.

Day One

1. Trial expected to expose links between Pakistani spy service and Mumbai attackhttp://t.co/nB7PRZB /via @globeandmail @colinfreeze
   
2. Bomb sniffing German shepherd at entrance of Chicago court where Tahawwur #Rana is going on trial this am... I'll be Tweeting.
   
3. About 50 reporters assembled for Chicago court media briefing prior to the opening today's #Rana trial.http://tgam.ca/C1ky
   
4. Finally inside #Ranatrial in Chicago. Tight security. US Marshals briefed media re:protocol. Things will happen soon ... http://tgam.ca/C1ky
   
5. Rana enters nodding at family, some in hijabs. He's much thinner, his hair whiter than I recall seeing him, in court 1+ year ago. #Ranatrial

Dr. Tuhawwar Rana’s Trial in Chicago as Tweeted by Natasha Korecki