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Times Square Bomb Suspect Shahzad: The Pakistan Link (Time.com)
US yet to verify suspect's claimed terror training (AP)
Faisal Shahzad Times Square Bomb Arrest Raises Questions (Time.com)
New York mayor highlights 'terror gap' on FBI watch list (AFP)
NY bomb suspect seen as good recruit for militants (AP)
Feds didn't call all airlines to warn of suspect (AP)
Top US Senator opposes stripping extremists of citizenship (AFP)
N.Y. Bomb Case Prompts New Burst of Proposals To Counter Terrorism (CQPolitics.com)
NY bomb suspect: 'modern Pakistan boy who never prayed' (AFP)
Pakistan court acquits four over Marriott attack: lawyer (AFP)
US ratchets up security after car bomb plot (AFP)
Questions mount after attack as US luck holds again (AFP)
NYPD bomb squad: Car device could have killed (AP)
Mich. rep says lone terrorists new threat to US (AP)
Accused bomber believed to have acted alone in US (AP)
Kelly's War (The Daily Beast)
53 hours, 20 minutes: From terror plot to arrest (AP)
Times Square bomber joins the growing list of inept terrorists (The Christian Science Monitor)

Times Square Bomb Suspect Shahzad: The Pakistan Link (Time.com)

Posted: 05 May 2010 05:00 PM PDT

Time.com - Pakistani officials claim that Faisal Shahzad, arrested for the failed New York bomb plot, attended a training camp in Pakistan. But authorities have not yet revealed whether he acted as part of a terrorism network

US yet to verify suspect's claimed terror training (AP)

Posted: 05 May 2010 04:55 PM PDT

AP - U.S. counterterrorism officials fanned out across two continents to unravel the failed Times Square bombing Wednesday, but they have been unable so far to link the suspect to any terrorist group or training camp, law enforcement officials said.

Faisal Shahzad Times Square Bomb Arrest Raises Questions (Time.com)

Posted: 05 May 2010 04:00 PM PDT

Time.com - Pakistani-American man Faisal Shahzad, who was charged with the failed Times Square bomb attack, appears to have flown under the U.S. intel radar, underscoring the legal and security challenges of terrorism today

New York mayor highlights 'terror gap' on FBI watch list (AFP)

Posted: 05 May 2010 03:17 PM PDT

AFP - New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg appealed to US lawmakers Wednesday to ban the sale of weapons to people on an FBI terror watch list, saying the failed Times Square car bomb underscored a "terror gap."

NY bomb suspect seen as good recruit for militants (AP)

Posted: 05 May 2010 02:18 PM PDT

AP - The Pakistani-American accused of trying to explode a bomb in Times Square was able to move easily between the two countries and came from a family of wealth and privilege — a near-perfect background for an international terrorist group wanting to steal into the United States and launch an attack.

Feds didn't call all airlines to warn of suspect (AP)

Posted: 05 May 2010 04:47 PM PDT

AP - Law enforcement officials decided not to call all airlines directly on Monday to tell them an important name had been added to the government's "no-fly" list, even as investigators pursued the man they suspected was the Times Square bomber.

Top US Senator opposes stripping extremists of citizenship (AFP)

Posted: 05 May 2010 11:58 AM PDT

AFP - A key US Senator who indicated tentative, early support for stripping US nationals tied to overseas terrorist groups of their citizenship now firmly opposes the plan, his office said Wednesday.

N.Y. Bomb Case Prompts New Burst of Proposals To Counter Terrorism (CQPolitics.com)

Posted: 05 May 2010 10:55 AM PDT

CQPolitics.com - In the wake of the foiled New York City car bombing, several senators floated proposals Wednesday on procedures for handling domestic terror cases, terror watch lists, reports of suspicious activities and more.

NY bomb suspect: 'modern Pakistan boy who never prayed' (AFP)

Posted: 05 May 2010 10:14 AM PDT

AFP - Outside his locked family homes, shocked Pakistanis remember Faisal Shahzad as a modern boy from a good family, who was uninterested in Islam and showed no sympathy with terror groups.

Pakistan court acquits four over Marriott attack: lawyer (AFP)

Posted: 05 May 2010 09:50 AM PDT

AFP - A Pakistani anti-terror court on Wednesday acquitted four men put on trial over the 2008 bombing of the five-star Marriott hotel in Islamabad that killed at least 60 people, their lawyer told AFP.

US ratchets up security after car bomb plot (AFP)

Posted: 05 May 2010 04:04 PM PDT

AFP - US officials Wednesday ratcheted up security in the wake of the botched Times Square bomb plot, amid a growing global investigation into a Pakistani-American suspect's possible links to foreign militant groups.

Questions mount after attack as US luck holds again (AFP)

Posted: 05 May 2010 06:31 AM PDT

AFP - It was the dread-laden question for many in Washington and New York after another failed terror attack: will America's luck soon run out?

NYPD bomb squad: Car device could have killed (AP)

Posted: 05 May 2010 02:07 PM PDT

AP - To the police department's bomb squad, it didn't matter if the device inside a parked sport utility vehicle in Times Square was simple or sophisticated — it still had the potential to kill.

Mich. rep says lone terrorists new threat to US (AP)

Posted: 05 May 2010 05:12 AM PDT

AP - The top Republican on the House Intelligence Committee said Wednesday that lone terrorists behind plots like the Times Square bombing attempt and the Fort Hood attack are part of a growing, more serious threat to U.S. security.

Accused bomber believed to have acted alone in US (AP)

Posted: 05 May 2010 04:29 PM PDT

AP - The Pakistani-American accused of a failed car bombing in Times Square is believed to have worked alone in the United States on the plot almost immediately after returning from a five-month visit to his native land, authorities said Wednesday. They said they have yet to find a wider link to extremist groups.

Kelly's War (The Daily Beast)

Posted: 04 May 2010 09:54 PM PDT

The Daily Beast - Hours after the New York City police commissioner’s detectives helped arrest the suspected Times Square plotter, Ray Kelly talked to Lloyd Grove about how the attack was foiled—and what he’s doing to prevent future terrorists. PLUS, read about four other terror plots that were defused before they could wreak domestic havoc.

53 hours, 20 minutes: From terror plot to arrest (AP)

Posted: 04 May 2010 05:29 PM PDT

AP - The license plate had been switched and the vehicle identification number stripped from the dashboard of the 1993 Nissan Pathfinder holding a crude bomb in Times Square. Smoke from the faulty firecracker detonators might have ruined evidence.