A good way to begin this process would be for the outgoing Bush administration to publicly declare what it already knows: that LeT planned and executed the deadly attacks in Bombay. In any event, it’s in Pakistan’s own interest — to confront LeT’s destructive ideology and subterranean links with the ISI. No matter what Pakistan does, the US has to be clear-sighted about the global nature of the LeT threat and together with India and other allies take resolute measures to defeat this newest challenge.

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