The FBI videotaped themselves blowing up a Nissan Pathfinder in order to demonstrate how big the explosion would have been if attempted terrorist Faisal Shahzad's Times Square car bomb had actually worked. So, how big? Pretty big!
Failed Times Square bomber Faisal Shahzad has been charged with 10 terrorism and weapons counts.
Faisal Shahzad isn't the first terrorist I've had a crush on, but is it just me or is the new photo of the Times Square bomber not nearly as cute as old ones? The clink isn't good for his complexion.
The FBI arrested three people this morning in connection with the failed Times Square bombing.
It seems that Faisal Shahzad, the man who tried to detonate a car bomb in Times Square, followed Anwar Al-Awlaki — the radical Islamic cleric who inspired the Fort Hood shooter and the Christmas Day underwear bomber.
The Times just published probably the most detailed account yet of the FBI's surveillance of Faisal Shahzad leading up to his capture. No mention of Army intelligence or spy planes. As the Times tells it, the FBI straight-up lost him.
It was nice of Phantom Fireworks to release video of Faisal Shahzad buying fireworks at their Pennsylvania store. But it does strike us as a little unseemly to have stamped a huge watermark on the video with their cartoon logo.
For an incompetent terrorist, alleged Times Square bomber Faisal Shahzad sure is provoking a lot of international incidents.
Yesterday, we reported on the curious disappearance of a WCBS report that military spy planes had been used to capture the Times Square bomber. Why was this story scrubbed? We have the answer. Sort of.
The authorities instruct: If You See Something, Say Something. That's how they found the car bomb, you know! Of course, this is hardly practical. You see something every day in New York. When to actually say something? A guide, below.
CBS News dug up this new photo of would-be car bomber Faisal Shahzad posing in Times Square with a bunch of people like a total suburban goober. He fails at "Insouciant New York Cool," as well as bomb-making. [CBS]
No fewer than three street vendors have claimed credit for helping to prevent the Times Square bombing by alerting police of Faisal Shahzad's smoking SUV. Now the New York Times reports they are fighting amongst themselves. Who's winning?
Faisal Shahzad's car bomb sucked, but the technology that caught him was cutting-edge: Army intelligence planes scrambled over New York, armed with Shahzad's cell phone number. They intercepted his call reserving a plane ticket to Dubai; authorities nabbed him.
The FBI has filed its criminal complaint against Times Square Car Bomb suspect Faisal Shahzad. In it, they say that Shahzad admitted that he "recently received bomb-making training in Waziristan, Pakistan."
Why would someone try to blow up New York? We're so nice! Blowhard congressman Peter King says there are a "hundred possibilities" as to why—even South Park! We run down a few likely motivations.
Faisal Shahzad, a 30-year-old Connecticut resident, has been taken into police custody at JFK airport. There is a Faisal Shahzad on Facebook whose profile picture shows him in Herald Square. Is it the same guy? (Update: No.)
Where can a terrorist find a car for cash? Craigslist, of course! Nineteen-year-old Peggy Colas sold her Nissan Pathfinder to a "'Middle Eastern' or 'Hispanic' looking man" she met on Craigslist. Turns out, he wanted to blow up Times Square.
Officials now say the Times Square car bomb "was the work of an international plot."
Police have found the owner of the bomb-laden Nissan Pathfinder. He's "not considered a suspect."
