James Rubin, one of Madeline Albright and Bill Clinton's closest aides, during his defense testimony in The Hague in the trial against the KLA leaders, mentioned, among other things, that Ramush Haradinaj was a CIA collaborator.
Regarding this statement that caused a stir in Kosovo, Ramush Haradinaj, the leader of AAK, speaks on Rubicon for the first time about when and how he came into contact with the CIA.
"Mr. Rubin was right, he did not say anything in his testimony that was not true. He was right that even before the frontal war, we had communication with American security institutions before 1998. Before the start of the preparation of our war, there were communications. Personally, we have communicated, we have had continuous communication with the security institutions, the respectable institutions of America."
"I think they had several motives for meeting with us. They want to be the first to know about everything, not just the security plan, so they were interested in finding out about us, understanding who we are, understanding our goals, and building a position on what to suggest to decision-makers in America regarding what was happening. It was my duty to tell the truth, so that they would first get to know me. At that time, I was still moving to Switzerland," Hardinaj said.
He further explained how they coordinated with the American CIA and why it was important to coordinate, emphasizing that communications with American security institutions were not stopped even during wartime.
"In terms of goals, it was very important to clarify that we are not just a leftist military wing, to clarify that we have no orientations or are not waging a religious or even interethnic war, but the goal is the liberation of the country, rights, democracy, freedom... these are what really happened. However little I was able to help, I am happy."
"The advantage was that by living abroad I was able to communicate through two languages, English and French, I communicated directly, but even during the war, communication never stopped with the American security institutions. We still communicate today," said Haradinaj.
