NBC: Suspect arrested in NYC bomb attempt

[wildcard]

Ah dammit, he's not white.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/36892505/

NBC: Suspect arrested in NYC bomb attempt


NEW YORK - Authorities arrested a suspect in the attempted weekend car bombing in Times Square, NBC News' justice correspondent Pete Williams reported early Tuesday morning.

A U.S. citizen of Pakistani descent, Shahzad Faisal, was arrested Monday night on Long Island, Williams reported.

Earlier, an official told The Associated Press that the potential suspect recently traveled to Pakistan. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because the case was at a sensitive stage.

The officials said the man was a Connecticut resident who paid cash weeks ago for the SUV parked in Times Square on Saturday and rigged with a crude propane-and-gasoline bomb.

NBC's Williams reported the man's name was on an e-mail that was sent to the seller of the car last month, as well as other evidence suggesting he had a role in the attempted bombing.

Meanwhile, the Washington Post reported on Monday that an FBI-led terrorism task force has taken over the investigation of the failed car bombing in Times Square because of indications it was connected to international terrorism, a senior law enforcement source said.

The probe had been overseen by the New York Police Department. Responsibility for it shifted to a Joint Terrorism Task Force as Obama administration officials said the incident increasingly appears to have been coordinated by more than one person in a plot with international links, the Post reported on its Web site.

The White House, according to the Post, intensified its focus on the failed bombing Saturday in New York City, in which explosives inside a Nissan Pathfinder were set ablaze but failed to detonate at the busy corner of Broadway and 45th Street. Emerging from a series of briefings, several officials told the Post it was too early to rule out any motive but said the sweeping investigation was turning up new clues.

Sold for cash
A law enforcement official says the registered owner of the SUV used in the botched bombing told investigators he sold it for cash three weeks ago.

The official told The Associated Press that the Connecticut owner questioned Sunday about what happened to the SUV says he sold the vehicle to a stranger.

Officials continued to look into the history of the vehicle as one way to crack the case. The vehicle identification number had been removed from the Pathfinder's dashboard, but it was stamped on the engine and axle, and investigators used it to find the owner of record.

Investigators tracked the license plates to a used auto parts shop in Stratford, Conn., where they discovered the plates were connected to a different vehicle.

They also spoke to the owner of an auto sales shop in nearby Bridgeport because a sticker on the Pathfinder indicated the SUV had been sold by his dealership. Owner Tom Manis said there was no match between the identification number the officers showed him and any vehicle he sold.

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[wildcard]

And it all comes clear:

link (http://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/americas/Police-cameras-to-flood-Manhattan-to-prevent-attacks/Article1-539073.aspx)

Police cameras to flood Manhattan to prevent attacks


New York officials say they could stop attacks like the attempted Times Square car bomb by expanding a controversial surveillance system so sensitive that it will pick up even suspicious behavior.

New York is already a heavily policed city, with 35,000 officers and a counterterrorism bureau -- the first of its kind in the country -- partnering the FBI.

But Saturday's failed terrorist bomb in the Times Square tourist hot spot has provided the authorities with a new argument for expanding a sometimes controversial security blanket of cameras, sensors and analytical software.

The system "will greatly enhance our ability and the ability of the police to detect suspicious activity in real time, and disrupt possible attacks," Mayor Michael Bloomberg said on Monday.

The high-tech system, modeled on the "ring of steel" in London's financial district, is already in service in lower Manhattan, where Wall Street and the World Trade Center reconstruction site are located.

Headquartered at 55 Broadway, the Lower Manhattan Security Initiative goes far beyond the traditional hodgepodge of police cameras, such as the 82 devices installed around Times Square.

Instead, an integrated system maintains an unblinking eye, not just watching, but constantly collecting license plate numbers and video of pedestrians and drivers, as well as detecting explosives and other weapons.

An important component of the program is coordination between the police network and private businesses' cameras, something that has not been established in Times Square, causing detectives significant extra work.

Also, a separate, but similar program called Operation Sentinel plans to log every vehicle entering Manhattan island by scanning their license plates and checking for radiation.

Last October, Bloomberg announced plans to expand the lower Manhattan system into Midtown, including the Times Square area.

On Sunday, New York police chief Raymond Kelly reiterated the plan and used the occasion to press for more federal funding from Washington.

Kelly also gave details about the system, explaining how the aim is for "analytic software" allowing experts to make sense of raw information in real time.

For example, alarms would trigger when cameras noticed an unattended bag or a car circling a block too many times to be considered normal, Kelly said.

"This is a whole new area for us," he told Fox News. "We're very enthusiastic about it."

Bloomberg said the city has budgeted "more than 110 million dollars to expanding the Lower Manhattan Security Initiative and incorporating it with the Midtown Manhattan Security Initiative."

That large-scale, yet simultaneously detailed intelligence gathering clearly pays in some terrorism investigations.

Officials point out that acquiring the ingredients for a bomb or weapons exposes plotters to precisely the kind of surveillance New York is promoting.

Kelly noted on Fox News that Afghan immigrant Najibullah Zazi found it "very difficult to get explosives" for his plan to bomb the New York subway system. A major piece of evidence against him was security camera footage of a shopping trip for chemicals in Colorado.

Similarly, although the Times Square bomber tried to disguise the car, it was still quickly traced, providing detectives with an important lead.

But while law enforcement officials tout a brave new world of security, rights groups fear a "big brother" presence violating fundamental privacy.

The New York Civil Liberties Union has sued the Department of Homeland Security in an attempt to extract more information about the Manhattan security system and to know how the information will be used, shared and stored.

The irony is that the lowest tech responses can sometimes best the most sophisticated gizmo.

The misfiring of a device hidden in the underpants of a Nigerian passenger and the quick reaction by others on the US-bound flight prevented potential tragedy in a December 25 attempted airliner attack.

And in Times Square, a vigilant street vendor and nearby beat cop -- not a computer -- raised the alert on the suspicious vehicle.

"Think about the street vendor. Think about the passengers on the flight on Christmas Day," said Republican congressman Pete Hoekstra.

"All of these people perhaps were the difference between a major disaster and actually what happened: a failed terrorist attack."

[Heimdhal]

Ah dammit, he's not white.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/36892505/

NBC: Suspect arrested in NYC bomb attempt


NEW YORK - Authorities arrested a suspect in the attempted weekend car bombing in Times Square, NBC News' justice correspondent Pete Williams reported early Tuesday morning.

A U.S. citizen of Pakistani descent, Shahzad Faisal, was arrested Monday night on Long Island, Williams reported.

Earlier, an official told The Associated Press that the potential suspect recently traveled to Pakistan. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because the case was at a sensitive stage.

The officials said the man was a Connecticut resident who paid cash weeks ago for the SUV parked in Times Square on Saturday and rigged with a crude propane-and-gasoline bomb.

NBC's Williams reported the man's name was on an e-mail that was sent to the seller of the car last month, as well as other evidence suggesting he had a role in the attempted bombing.

Meanwhile, the Washington Post reported on Monday that an FBI-led terrorism task force has taken over the investigation of the failed car bombing in Times Square because of indications it was connected to international terrorism, a senior law enforcement source said.

The probe had been overseen by the New York Police Department. Responsibility for it shifted to a Joint Terrorism Task Force as Obama administration officials said the incident increasingly appears to have been coordinated by more than one person in a plot with international links, the Post reported on its Web site.

The White House, according to the Post, intensified its focus on the failed bombing Saturday in New York City, in which explosives inside a Nissan Pathfinder were set ablaze but failed to detonate at the busy corner of Broadway and 45th Street. Emerging from a series of briefings, several officials told the Post it was too early to rule out any motive but said the sweeping investigation was turning up new clues.

Sold for cash
A law enforcement official says the registered owner of the SUV used in the botched bombing told investigators he sold it for cash three weeks ago.

The official told The Associated Press that the Connecticut owner questioned Sunday about what happened to the SUV says he sold the vehicle to a stranger.

Officials continued to look into the history of the vehicle as one way to crack the case. The vehicle identification number had been removed from the Pathfinder's dashboard, but it was stamped on the engine and axle, and investigators used it to find the owner of record.

Investigators tracked the license plates to a used auto parts shop in Stratford, Conn., where they discovered the plates were connected to a different vehicle.

They also spoke to the owner of an auto sales shop in nearby Bridgeport because a sticker on the Pathfinder indicated the SUV had been sold by his dealership. Owner Tom Manis said there was no match between the identification number the officers showed him and any vehicle he sold.

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This story still stinks every way you look at it. Seriously, not even 10 to 20 minutes on the internet and you can learn 50 times as much about these "things" than a propane tank and some wiring.

This has False Flag all over it. Now, Im not claiming to know who/whats false flag, but it just doesnt add up at all.

Even the most amature of amatures would know you need more than some miracle grow and a fire cracker.... unless youre planning to do some gardening on the fourth of july. He could have done more damage lighting a fart on fire after falafal night.

No way a half credible "major terrorist organization" would send some completly useless fool to home depot with 10 bucks and a pocket of dreams.

[willie pete]

Wow, ...they sniffed him out quick, he's toast :D

[Occamsrazor]

This "bomb" is complete BS. One can make a pipe bomb from a threaded pipe with caps, stuffed with matchheads etc. Any kid with a couple of 100$ could make a better bomb than this shithead. Any hardware store is full of chemicals and bomb components.

[jedemdasseine]

False flag. More cameras, surveillance, and predictive crime. Chattel state. Baa baa baa.

[Occamsrazor]

The only consolation to the thinking part of the population is that unlike 911, this time TPTB didn`t actually shed blood in another of their false flags.

[Twisted Titan]

A law enforcement official says the registered owner of the SUV used in the botched bombing told investigators he sold it for cash three weeks ago.


Remeber that Boys and Girls.

If you are using cash....YOU MUST BE A TERRORIST



T

[Twisted Titan]

For example, alarms would trigger when cameras noticed an unattended bag or a car circling a block too many times to be considered "normal"


Because only a terrorist can get "lost" in the maze of one way streets right???

Thank God only the best are keeping us safe.


T

[Spectrism]

New York officials say they could stop attacks like the attempted Times Square car bomb by expanding a controversial surveillance system so sensitive that it will pick up even suspicious behavior.


This is what they are pushing. Cameras everywhere and "suspicious behavior" will be applied to EVERYONE at ANYTIME.

[Occamsrazor]

New York officials say they could stop attacks like the attempted Times Square car bomb by expanding a controversial surveillance system so sensitive that it will pick up even suspicious behavior.


This is what they are pushing. Cameras everywhere and "suspicious behavior" will be applied to EVERYONE at ANYTIME.


This had been applied here before this "bomb". Cops stop and search anyone here without ANY probable cause.

[gunny highway]

For example, alarms would trigger when cameras noticed an unattended bag or a car circling a block too many times to be considered "normal"


Because only a terrorist can get "lost" in the maze of one way streets right???

Thank God only the best are keeping us safe.


T


O.T.B.W.T.B...... O.T.B.!!!!!!!!!!

[Twisted Titan]

New York officials say they could stop attacks like the attempted Times Square car bomb by expanding a controversial surveillance system so sensitive that it will pick up even suspicious behavior.


This is what they are pushing. Cameras everywhere and "suspicious behavior" will be applied to EVERYONE at ANYTIME.


This had been applied here before this "bomb". Cops stop and search anyone here without ANY probable cause.



That is very true but now the abuse can be thinly wrapped in the veil of "Security" so the sheep will be much more accepting of the tactic

Totalitarianism rarely happens in one fell swoop

Incrementalism is the key.


T

[wildcard]

Hey buckos, I had to go all the way to the Hindustan times to get the story in the 2nd post. I know I make it look easy. ;D

*In other words, I had to go a long way to pilfer that crap.

[Horn]

Whatever you do, don't remove your pullover sweater in Midtown Manhattan.

[wildcard]

link (http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/pakistan-detains-seven-over-alleged-links-to-times-square-bomb-plot-suspect-faisal-shahzad/story-e6frg6so-1225862423384)

Pakistan detains seven over alleged links to Times Square bomb plot suspect Faisal Shahzad

May 05, 2010


ISLAMABAD: Pakistani authorities detained at least seven people whom they alleged were linked with New York bomb plot suspect Faisal Shahzad, as Shazad's father, a retired high Pakistani military official, fled his home after local news media discovered him.

US prosecutors have filed terrorism charges against Shahzad, a Pakistani-American accused of planting a car bomb in New York's Times Square.

The 10-page criminal complaint accuses Shahzad, 30, of attempting “to use a weapon of mass destruction” to kill people in the crowded centre of New York on Saturday.

He was also slapped with four other charges - attempting to kill people in the United States through international terrorism, carrying a destructive device, transporting explosives and attempting to destroy a building.



The criminal complaint detailed elements of the investigation against Shahzad, who was captured as he tried to fly out of New York to Dubai.

Meanwhile, the Pakistan detentions occurred in Faisalabad in the centre of the country, Karachi in the south and may have extended to Peshawar, a city in northwest Pakistan on the edge of the militant-dominated tribal area, officials said.

Shahzad's father, Baharul Haq, a former senior Air Force officer, lives in an upscale suburb of Peshawar, according to security officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the issue. Said to be a retired air vice-marshal, Haq hurriedly left the large family home in the Hayatabad suburb, along with the rest of the family, when Pakistani media found the house.

Kifyat Ali, a cousin of Shahzad's father, told reporters in Peshawar that Shahzad visited his family in Peshawar whenever he came to Pakistan.

“We are shocked. He (Shahzad) had no connection with any political party or jihadi group,” Ali said.

According to the US criminal complaint, Shahzad, a naturalised American citizen, said he had recently received “bomb-making training in Waziristan,” although the bomb he left in New York's Times Square over the weekend was poorly made and failed to explode. Waziristan is the epicenter of extremism in Pakistan, a part of the tribal area that acts as a buffer zone between the country and Afghanistan.

The court document containing the preliminary charges said Shahzad's cell phone had received “a series of calls from Pakistan” following his purchase of the vehicle used in the attempted bombing.

He had returned to the US in February after what he told immigration officials was a five-month trip to Pakistan, the indictment said. He stated then that his wife remained behind in Pakistan.

The detentions - at least seven - took place in the southern port city of Karachi and also in the central Punjabi town of Faisalabad. Officials said those taken in were being “questioned” at this stage, rather than arrested. There also may have been detentions in Khyber-Pashtunkhwa, the northwest province.

[wildcard]

What do you want to bet this guy's father and family were causing trouble for the US gov in Pakistan?

[Blink]

I want to know why these guys all buy "one-way" tickets? Live a little, buy a return, might not look so suspicious........ :dunno