Rana is not indigent, he said, but "virtually no one" can afford a defense in such a massive federal case, he said.

I'm more interested in David Headley, who is cooperating with the Government. I've written several times about his past heroin case and cooperation with the DEA for a light sentence, early termination of supervised release, and travel to Pakistan. In recent years, the question arises, was he working for the U.S., and did he become a rogue agent or a double agent?

Yesterday I spent a few hours again reviewing the Superseding Indictment and other pleadings filed in the current case, and the docket sheet from Headley's past case.

The questions that arise are: Did Headley just stop working for the feds and drop off the Government's radar, or while working for them, did he turn from a cooperating government informant to a rogue or double agent, and when?

This Philadelphia Inquirer article has more details about the drug cases Headley cooperated in. In addition to the Ikram Haq case I've written about at length, in which Headley testified for the Government but Haq was acquitted, he