Posted on 09/18/2009 4:55:59 PM PDT by La Lydia
Najibullah Zazi, the man at the center of a probe into a suspected terror plot against a target in the New York area, has admitted ties to al Qaeda, an administration official familiar with the matter told CNN Friday.Either a plea deal or charges are possible, the official said.
The terror plot that came to light this week following raids in New York may have been targeting a major transportation center, sources close to the investigation told CNN on Thursday.
There was planning and preparation for an attack, presumably in the New York area, where there would be a large number of people and where security screening is lax such as a large railroad or subway station, essentially where there is no airport-style screening, the sources said....
Authorities are taking the plot seriously, because, the sources said, they think it involves "real-deal terrorists" operating and planning an attack in America. Because of that fear, an unprecedented level of resources is being devoted to the investigation, the sources said. That includes the placement of a hostage rescue team in New York for possible raids and the deployment of additional resources to the Denver area in Colorado, where another phase of the probe is taking place....
The former official said backpacks, computers and maps were found during the searches in New York, and field tests turned up positive for explosives....
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Obviously Obama’s been too busy to finish neutering our intelligence agencies. I guess he needs more time.
Well, lets pin a medal on him to show the world that the TOTUS-reader is a cool guy.
Why don’t they just say “New York subway”? Half the rest of the stories are.
It appears as though the guys who care about the security of America still do. DESPITE WHAT THE OBAMACOMS TRY TO PULL.
I never suspected it was Denver Light Rail. I think the backpacks are a clue.
I guess he was tortured... And since Obama has a policy that all interrogations will be conducted by the Justice Dept. at the highest level, I say arrest Eric Holder for War crimes.
As a regular commuter to/from and around Manhattan, what scares the crap out of me are the train tunnels under the Hudson. Amtrak would be the main target (for its name recognition and strong federal government tie), but the New Jersey Transit trains use the same tunnels. After 9/11. they started being very careful about not letting trains get backed up in the tunnels — they’d hold trains outside the tunnel until the one in the tunnel was all the way through or very nearly so. In the past couple of years I’ve noticed they’re not being so careful about that anymore, and it really worries me. These are electric trains, and if somebody takes out the electrical system with 3-4 trains in the tunnel in each direction, that’s a huge number of people in the tunnel, captive for virtually any sort of secondary attack. The terrorists don’t want to do something that looks makes them look weaker than the 9/11 attack, and the train tunnel situation is providing the opportunity for a comparable if not higher body count.
That sounds like a nightmare situation. I hope you have good intuition and listen to it. I use DC Metro sometimes, and there are Metro police all over the place. It makes me feel marginally better, at least I won’t get mugged.
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