Washington, Dec 17 : The controversial Memo Gate scandal has taken an interesting turn after former US National Security Adviser General James Jones claimed that the memo was unreliable because he thinks, it was written by Pakistani-American businessman Mansoor Ijaz, instead of the country’s former Ambassador to the US Hussain Haqqani.

General Jones said that he had known Ijaz since 2006 and was contacted by him a few days prior to May 9, the Daily Times reports.

Jones said he was informed by Ijaz that he had a message from the top leadership of Pakistan and that he wanted to send it to former Chairman of the US Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mike Mullen.

Although Ijaz claims he was first contacted by Haqqani on May 9, Jones said the former never used the name of Haqqani during their conversation and that he informed Ijaz that he could not pass on a verbal message.

He claims that in his opinion, Haqqani had no knowledge about the memo.

On May 9, Jones said he received an email from Ijaz, and he thought the memo was written by Ijaz himself.

According to Jones, the type of language used in the memo was similar to how Ijaz would speak.

The three-page testimony of the former senior US official, covering 11 points, would (ANI)