Najibullah Zazi

The NYPD's Najibullah Shuffle

Len Levitt | Posted 05.14.2012

Read More: Ray Kelly Mayor, Najibullah Zazi, Nypd, Najibullah Zazi Nypd, Ray Kelly, Najibullah Zazi Terror Probe, David Cohen, Police Commissioner Ray Kelly, New York News

Let's get this straight, readers. The NYPD did not -- repeat, did not -- undermine the FBI's investigation of Najibullah Zazi's 2009 plot to blow up the New York subways. At least, that's what Police Commissioner Ray Kelly says.

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Bomb-Maker In NYC Subway Terror Plot Testifies

AP | TOM HAYS | Posted 04.19.2012

Read More: Adis Medunjanin, NYC Terror Plot, Al Qaida, Ny News, NYC Subway Bomb Plot, Najibullah Zazi, New York News, Zarein Ahmedzay, Al Qaeda, New York News

NEW YORK — An admitted al-Qaida recruit testified Wednesday that he and two friends were determined to "weaken America" by strapping on suicide ...

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Subway Bomb Plotters On Terror Trial Witness List

AP | TOM HAYS | Posted 04.05.2012

Read More: Subway Bomb Plot, Adis Medunjanin, Ny News, NYC Subway Bomb Plot, Najibullah Zazi, Nyc-Terror-Trials, Taliban, New York News, Zarein Ahmedzay, Al Qaeda, New York News

NEW YORK -- Two would-be suicide bombers who targeted New York City subways in 2009 are on a list of potential witnesses for the upcoming trial of a t...

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Dad Of Subway Bomb Plotter Sentenced To 4 1/2 Years

AP | By COLLEEN LONG | Posted 02.11.2012

Read More: New York City Subway, NYC Subway Bomb Plot, Ny News, US-District-Judge, Mohammed Wali Zazi, Fbi, Najibullah Zazi, New York News, Al Qaeda, New York News

NEW YORK -- The father of an admitted terrorist was sentenced to 4 1/2 years in prison Friday after he was convicted of destroying evidence and lying ...

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New York Subway Bomb Plotters Questioned In Norway

AP | By BJOERN H. AMLAND and KARL RITTER | Posted 08.21.2011

Read More: New York City Subway, Pakistan@Y:World, Terrorism, Bryant Neal Vinas, Najibullah Zazi, Zarein Ahmedzay, New York City, Al Qaeda, World News

OSLO, Norway -- Security officials investigating a terror plot in Norway will seek testimony in New York this week from three American al-Qaida recrui...

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WATCH: New NYPD Super Dogs Will Hunt For Explosives In Crowds

Posted 08.02.2011

Read More: Vapor Wake Dog, Auburn University, War Dogs, Nypd, Najibullah Zazi Terror Probe, Ny News, Bomb-Sniffing Dog, Najibullah Zazi, New York News, Mta, Grand Central, New York News

If this dog jumps on you while you're walking to the train, you're in some serious trouble. NBC New York recently caught up with the NYPD's newest ...

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New York City's Topsy-Turvy Terrorism War [Con't]

Len Levitt | Posted 07.23.2011

Read More: New York Terrorism, NYPD Counter-Terrorism Commissioner, Fbi, Nypd, New York Terror Plot, Security Service Unit, Najibullah Zazi Terror Probe, New York Undercover Police, Najibullah Zazi, New York News

This recent disagreement between the NYPD and the FBI reflects a level of distrust that has only deepened over the past decade. Yet distrust is only part of the problem.

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Homeland Security Director Reassures Denver Crowd After Japan Catastrophe

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Najibullah Zazi, Homeland Security Director, Japan Earthquake, Janet Napolitano, Denver News

DENVER — U.S. emergency agencies constantly rehearse for a disaster like the one unfolding in Japan, and American first responders will learn fr...

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Congressman King: The Yahoo Has a Point

Len Levitt | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Peter King, Vito Fossella, Najibullah Zazi, Richard Jewell, Ray Kelly, Bernard Kerik, New York News

Maybe only a wild and crazy congressman would hold hearings on this subject, one so sensitive that King has been verbally stoned for daring to raise it.

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Kelly vs. the FBI: Round 17,000

Len Levitt | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Fbi, Najibullah Zazi, Nypd, Ray Kelly, Joint Bank Robbery Task Force, Joe Demarest, National Committee on American Foreign Policy, Nypd Scandals, New York News

Is Police Commissioner Ray Kelly really going to close the Joint Bank Robbery Task Force, as he has threatened? He appears to be hesitating.

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A Timeline Of Recent Terror Attack Attempts In The U.S.

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Khalid Aldawsari, Times@Y:World, Slideshow, Times Square, Afghanistan, Terrorism, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, George W. Bush, Najibullah Zazi, Terror Bombing, Taliban, Terror Suspects, Al Qaeda, World News

A Saudi engineering student who sought to make a bomb targeting including former President George W. Bush's home is due to appear in federal court tod...

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Mohammed Wali Zazi, Father Of Would-Be Denver Terrorist, To Face NY Judge

AP | TOM HAYS | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: NY Subway Terrorist Plot, Denver Terrorist, Mohammed Wali Zazi, Najibullah Zazi, Denver News

NEW YORK — His son may have pleaded guilty and told investigators what they wanted to know about foiled suicide attacks on the New York City sub...

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Counterterror NYC Ignores Inconvenient Truths

Len Levitt | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Times Square, NYPD Intelligence Division, Nypd, Ray Kelly, National Geographic, Counterterror NYC, Counterterrorism, Terrorism, Najibullah Zazi, Judith Miller, Faisal Shahzad, New York News

Counterterror NYC, a National Geographic special, blindly and uncritically endorsed NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly's high-tech approach to fighting terrorism. It failed to address Kelly's fatal flaw: his ego.

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Mohammed Wali Zazi Charged With Obstruction Of Justice In Failed NYC Terrorist Attack

AP | TOM HAYS | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mohammed Wali Zazi, Najibullah Zazi, New York Subway Plot, NYC Terrorist Plot, NYC Terrorist Attack, Denver News

NEW YORK — Federal prosecutors have brought additional charges against the father of an al-Qaida associate who plotted to use homemade bombs for...

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Lawyers For Terror Plotter's Father Say Colo. Family Has Betrayed Him

AP | TOM HAYS | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Fbi, Najibullah Zazi, Terroristm, Muhammed Zazi, NYC Subway Bomb Plot, Denver News

NEW YORK — Nearly a year after pleading guilty in a foiled terror plot targeting the New York City subways, al-Qaida associate Najibullah Zazi hasn'...

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Ray Kelly: Runnin' Scared?

Len Levitt | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Adrian Schoolcraft, Downgrading-Crimes, Paul Browne, Nypd Crime Statistics, Steven Mauriello, Nypd, Mark Pomerantz, Ray Kelly, Knapp Commission, Mollen Commission, Stop and Frisk, Najibullah Zazi, 81st-Precinct, David Cohen, New York News

Is NYPD chief Ray Kelly's appointment of three outsiders to investigate alleged police downgrading of crime statistics "the real deal," as he himself might say?

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Terror Plot Imam's Last Words: 'God Bless America'

AP | COLLEEN LONG | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ahmad Afzali Terror Probe, Ahmad Wais Afzali, Terrorism, Imam, Najibullah Zazi, Imam Expelled, Subway Suicide, New York Terror Plot, New York News

NEW YORK — The imam entangled in the investigation into a suicide bomb plot against New York City subway stations left the U.S. Monday on court ...

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A Tale of Two Terrorists

Ken Gude | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Counterterrorism, Military Commissions, Al Qaeda, New York Subway Bombing, Osama Bin Laden Chef, Najibullah Zazi, Adnan El-Shukrijumah, Najibullah-Zazi-Subway, Politics News

Government prosecutors had a good day Wednesday, breaking major ground in two terrorism cases -- the Najibullah Zazi subway bombing case, and Osama bin Laden's chef. No seriously, bin Laden's chef!

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Zazi's Al-Qaeda Bomb Plot Likely Part Of Larger Operation

AP | TOM HAYS and MATT APUZZO | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Aurora Colorado, Terrorism, Indictment, New York Subway, Najibullah Zazi, Homemade Bomb, Fbi, Eric Holder, Al Qaeda, Denver News

NEW YORK — A failed plot to set off bombs in the New York subway system last year was part of a larger al-Qaida terrorist conspiracy that includ...

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Bombing on the Analysis of the Times Square Bomb Plot

Louis Klarevas | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Improvised Explosive Device, Counterterrorism, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, Terrorism, Bombs, Homeland Security, Times Square Bomb, Nidal Malik Hasan, Najibullah Zazi, Ieds, Richard Reid, Faisal Shahzad, New York City, Al Qaeda, Politics News

The failure of Shahzad's plot serves as a reminder that the capabilities available to terrorists seeking to harm us are drastically limited. This lesson seems to have been lost on the plethora of terrorism "experts" that took to the airwaves this week.

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Adnan Shukrijumah, Al Qaeda Operative, Linked To New York Subway Plot

AP | ADAM GOLDMAN and MATT APUZZO | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Adis Medunjanin, Subway Bomb Plot, New York Subway Plot, Najibullah Zazi Terror Probe, Al Qaida, Terrorism, Al Qaeda Operatives, Adnan Shukrijumah, Najibullah Zazi, Zarein Ahmedzay, Al Qaeda, New York News

NEW YORK — U.S. counterterrorism officials have linked one of the nation's most wanted terrorists to last year's thwarted plot to bomb the New Y...

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Terrorism: Why They Want to Kill Us

Doug Bandow | Posted 05.25.2011

There can sometimes be a case for military intervention or use of drones. But the high costs of these tactics must be recognized and weighed. To reduce terrorism, Washington should do less, not more, abroad.

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Conservatives Peddle Myths on Obama Administration's National Security Policies

Patrick Barry | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Iran, Najibullah Zazi, Nonproliferation, Department of Defense, Polling, Terrorism, Barack Obama, Politics News

The right's strategy, which may have worked in the past, is clear evidence that the conservative movement is out of touch when it comes to today's national security challenges.

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Zarein Ahmedzay, NYC Terror Suspect, To Plead Guilty

AP | TOM HAYS | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: New York Subway Plot, Najibullah Zazi Terror Probe, Terrorism, Subway Terror Plot, New York Subway, Najibullah Zazi, Zarein Ahmedzay, New York, New York City, Al Qaeda, New York News

NEW YORK — A New York man said Friday that a plan to attack the city subway system was ordered by al-Qaida leaders two years ago while he was in...

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A Failure to Communicate

Len Levitt | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Joint Terrorism Task Force, Imam Afzali, Subway Terror, NYPD Intelligence Division, Najibullah Zazi Terror Probe, Ray Kelly, Terrorism, Michael Bloomberg, Richard Falkenrath, Imam Ahmad Wais Afzali, Najibullah Zazi, Subway-Bomb, Fbi, David Cohen, New York News

There is more cause for concern about the NYPD's Lone Cowboy behavior the more we learn about its dealings with the Queens imam who jeopardized the investigation into the subway bombing plot.

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