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ISLAMABAD — A three-member Supreme Court panel opened an inquiry on Monday into a controversial memo suggestive of a civilian-military power struggle, seeking statements from the Pakistani spy chief and Pakistan’s recently resigned ambassador to United States, as well as a former American national security adviser, before adjourning to Jan. 9.
Follow @nytimesworld for international breaking news and headlines.The panel also asked the attorney general to approach the Canadian company Research In Motion to obtain the record of BlackBerry messages between the former Pakistani ambassador, Husain Haqqani, and an American businessman of Pakistani origins, Mansoor Ijaz, who brought the memo to light.
The memo was purported to be from the Pakistani government, and asked for help in warding off a coup by the military in the wake of its humiliation by the American operation that killed Osama bin Laden, promising in exchange to alter parts of the country’s spy agency. Mr. Ijaz said in October that he was asked to convey the memo to Adm. Mike Mullen, who was then the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Eventually, he identified Mr. Haqqani as being behind the memo.
Mr. Haqqani has denied having anything to do with the memo. James L. Jones, a retired Marine Corps commandant and former national security adviser who delivered the memo to Admiral Mullen, said in a statement last month that he had no reason to believe that Mr. Haqqani had any role in its creation.
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