Still, even if it turns out that the attackers were all rooted in India, and derived all of their training and supplies from mainland Indian sources (unlikely, but conceivable), this does not absolve Pakistan of responsibility for a foreign and intelligence policy, pursued relentlessly for twenty years, that deliberately sponsors and nurtures terrorist groups.
It was only one of a series of proposals — including restricting funds for Syrian rebels and adding Congressional oversight to foreign aid to Egypt — intended to check President Obama's foreign and intelligence policies.
Clinton kept top secret information on a private email server and the secrets may have been hacked by foreign intelligence, compromising lives and American policy.
The adviser provides the president with a daily national security briefing, oversees the National Security Council staff, and will likely be hugely influential in shaping Trump's foreign, military, and intelligence policies.
But more often, their requests have been rejected because the links to terrorism or foreign intelligence, usually required by law or policy, are considered tenuous.
Carly Nyst, PI's legal director, said: "The proceedings forced the government to disclose secret policies governing how foreign intelligence agencies, including the NSA, share information with GCHQ.
Whitehall officials have repeatedly defended MI6's actions, saying Britain's foreign intelligence agency was following "ministerially authorised government policy".
But the policy does not apply to accredited reporters, leaving foreign intelligence services a loophole they can exploit.
"But foreign intelligence was different.
"There is foreign intelligence in this scheme.
