Posted on 09/21/2009 11:09:26 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
Reporting from Washington and New York -
Federal authorities have tied as many as a dozen people to a suspected Al Qaeda-linked bomb plot on U.S. soil as they continue to gather evidence to indict on terrorism charges the young Afghan immigrant at the center of the case, law enforcement officials said Monday.
Authorities said that they did not know the exact number of potential suspects or many of their identities, but that they had been connected through electronic intercepts, surveillance, seized evidence and interviews.
A federal law enforcement official and others, speaking on condition of anonymity because of the high level of secrecy surrounding the investigation, said the suspects appeared concentrated in the New York area, with possibly others in the suspect's home state of Colorado and elsewhere.
Of particular interest are several individuals that Najibullah Zazi, 24, had met or communicated with on a trip to New York two weeks ago.
In interviews and court filings, federal law enforcement officials said they feared that Zazi was meeting in New York with co-conspirators in a possible plot to bomb subway stations or other crowded civilian targets.
The disclosures came as Zazi, of Aurora, Colo., and two other men arrested Saturday night made their first court appearances Monday on charges of making false statements to federal authorities.
(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...
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Thank you for the ping Ernest.
Would you guys, and the MSM, please shut your big yacks up about this kind of thing? Can't you wait till the bad guys have been nabbed, instead of tipping them off, eh?
Seriously, I thought the War on Terrorism was over and that we needed to understand Islam.
It’s a religion of peace, er make that pieces.
Ping.
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Hey, what we need is a massive government agency to pry into everyone’s private lives! </s>
Tomorrows news from the west coast....not sure there is anything new ...but the LA Times thought they needed to chime in!
Makes you wonder. They’re having a big prayer fest on the Capitol grounds on the 25th...
I hope this intelligence was not obtained using illegal wiretaps.
Jack Webb: "This is the city..."
Whatdaya mean? Everyone knows it's those pesky Amish.
Seriously doesn’t everyone know it is our military and the FBI, ect. that are CAUSING THE TERROR?
If we just eliminated all our defenses our enemies would embrace us.
I guess these rednecks enforcement agents haven’t gotten the memo from O!
When you plan to blow up people and things your life isn’t private anymore.
If law enforcement were allowed to do their jobs, we might not be in this predicament.
They may want to do a sweep of The White Hut for Hamas and Muslim Brotherhood moles and Saudi paid stooges.
This is all kabuki theater.
Illegal wiretaps are not an issue anymore.
Isn’t diversity wonderful? We need to import more M.E. bomb throwers. It’s all o.k. though, gives the FBI something to do.
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