There are "insidious" parallels between regional criminal organizations and terror networks, Admiral Kernan said.
However, two administration officials said he had overstated the precision of evidence linking the ISI to the recent attacks, and some Pakistan specialists said the ISI did not control the Haqqani network as tightly as the admiral had stated.
The network later negotiated an undisclosed settlement with Admiral Moorer, who had filed a defamation suit.
Last week the outgoing US military chief, Admiral Mike Mullen, described the Haqqani network as a "veritable arm" of the ISI that were being used to fight a "proxy war" in Afghanistan.
2011 Lowlight: U.S. Admiral Mike Mullen called the Haqqani network, which attacked the U.S. embassy in Kabul, "a veritable arm" of Pakistan's intelligence service.
In September the previous chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral Mike Mullen, called one group, the Haqqani network, a "veritable arm" of the ISI.
Experts represented a range of professional bodies including AGILE-the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy Older People's Network, the British Geriatrics Society, College of Occupational Therapists Older Peoples Specialist Section, and Admiral Nurses specialising in dementia care.
In 1952, TV manufacturers with such now-forgotten brand names as Philco, Admiral and Westinghouse were the exclusive sponsors of network coverage of the Democratic and Republican national conventions.
As the admiral says, the Ground-Based Midcourse Defense missile defense network, with interceptors in Alaska and California, is a suitable deterrent to North Korea's potential threat.
Last week, Admiral Mullen told a Senate panel that the Haqqani network, a potent part of the insurgency battling American forces in Afghanistan, was a "veritable arm" of Pakistan's spy agency.
