David Headley named Hafiz Saeed, the mastermind of the 26/11 attack and said he was motivated to work for the Lashkar e Taiba after hearing lectures by him. "I joined Lashkar in 2002 in Muzaffarabad where I took a course," he revealed.

He spoke about meeting an ISI officer called Major Ali, who introduced him to another ISI officer Major Iqbal.

He says two earlier attempts by the Mumbai attackers failed in September and October 2008. They succeeded in their third attempt in November, when 166 people were killed in a three-day siege.

Headley says he took orders directly from Lashkar e Taiba's Sajid Mir, who wanted him to set up business in India and gave him instructions to make general videos of Mumbai.