Times Square Bomber

Vendor Who Spotted Times Square Bomb Running For Congress

AP | JIM FITZGERALD | Posted 04.08.2012

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WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — A Times Square street vendor who alerted police to an attempted car bombing in 2010 said Tuesday that he is running for Con...

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Congressman Sees U.S. Threat In Nigerian Terrorist Attacks

HuffingtonPost.com | Andrea Stone | Posted 11.30.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Few terrorism experts would deny that a radical Islamist sect that has made a series of increasingly audacious attacks in Nigeria, inclu...

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One Year After Times Square Bomb Scare, Concerns Endure

AP | By TOM HAYS | Posted 07.02.2011

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NEW YORK -- One year after a militant from Connecticut spread panic by driving a bomb-laden SUV into the heart of Times Square, New Yorkers, tourists ...

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Times Square Bomber Faisal Shahzad Gets Life Sentence

AP | TOM HAYS and LARRY NEUMEISTER | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK — The Pakistani immigrant who tried to detonate a car bomb on a busy Saturday night in Times Square accepted a life sentence with a smi...

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With Times Square Bomber Sentenced to Life, Ghailani Trial Gets Started

Daphne Eviatar | Posted 05.25.2011

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The alleged torture of Ghailani in a secret CIA prison hangs heavy over this case -- as it will every other one where detainees were subjected to the so-called "enhanced interrogation techniques."

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WATCH: Times Square Bomb Simulation

AP | TOM HAYS and LARRY NEUMEISTER | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK (Associated Press) — The man who planted a car bomb in Times Square boasted that he thought it would kill at least 40 people and that h...

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U.S. Developing Attack Plan Against Pakistan

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — The U.S. military is developing plans for a unilateral attack on the Pakistani Taliban in the event of a successful terrorist strik...

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Faisal Shahzad 'Inspired' By Former GWU Graduate Students

GW Hatchet | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Pakistani-American man suspected of attempting to bomb Times Square earlier this month recently told investigators he was inspired by a former GW ...

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Visual Week in Review: "Damage Control" or: "Please Don't TAKE My Gor-DON Brown A-way-ay-ay-ay!")

Michael Shaw | Posted 05.25.2011

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This week, "the damage" extended from Louisiana and the Gulf, to Times Square, to the British election.

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Frum On Lieberman's Citizenship Amendment: A 'Bad Idea'

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

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The recent push by Sen. Lieberman to amend existing law to make it possible for American citizens to be stripped of their citizenship if they are suspected of having ties to terrorist organizations seems to fulfill no practical need.

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Hello, He Must Be Going: Shahzad Almost Slips Through the Net

Rick Horowitz | Posted 05.25.2011

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I don't know about you, but I can't remember the last time I booked a flight to Dubai while I was already driving to the airport, and then paid for my ticket with a wad of cash.

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NYPD Jobs Off The Chopping Block After Terror Scare, Murder Spike

Huffington Post/AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK (Associated Press) - The city won't have to shrink its police force as planned in the next fiscal year, officials said Wednesday. Mayor Mich...

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Faisal Shahzad Investigation: Lieberman's Response Is A Solution In Search Of A Problem

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

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Yesterday, we noted that the eminently reasonable tone that initially pervaded the entire discussion of the failed Times Square bombing attempt of Ame...

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Faisal Shahzad Resume, CV Boasts That Terror Suspect Is 'Good Team Player'

Posted 05.25.2011

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Faisal Shahzad's resume has been posted online by NBC News. The Times Square car bomb suspect's three-page resume includes detailed descriptions of h...

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Lieberman's Citizenship-Revoking Law Slammed As 'Draconian'

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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Sen. Joseph Lieberman (I-Conn.) has yet to formally introduce legislation that would strip Americans involved in terrorism of their citizenship and al...

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Faisal Shahzad ARRESTED: How The Suspected Times Square Car Bomber Was Tracked Down By Tech (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post | Bianca Bosker | Posted 05.25.2011

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Faisal Shahzad was recently arrested on charges that he drove a car bomb into Times Square in an attempt to detonate a "fireball" in the crowded New Y...

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Faisal Shahzad Arrest: Lieberman Proposes Taking Away Citizenship Of Suspected Terrorists

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.25.2011

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In arguing against the reading of Miranda rights to terrorism suspects or affording them other constitutional protections, opponents of civil libertie...

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Faisal Shahzad (PHOTO): I Acted Alone

AP | TOM HAYS and COLLEEN LONG | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK (AP) - A U.S. citizen who had recently returned from a five-month trip to his native Pakistan, where he had a wife, was arrested at a New Yor...

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How Faisal Shahzad Was Caught

Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK (AP) -- A Pakistani-born U.S. citizen was hauled off a plane about to fly to the Middle East and arrested in the failed attempt to explode a ...

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Times Square Bomb: ARREST Made

AP | TOM HAYS and LARRY NEUMEISTER | Posted 05.25.2011

NEW YORK — Seized from a plane about to fly to the Middle East, a Pakistan-born man admitted training to make bombs at a terrorism camp in his n...

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Mohammad Iqbal Gets FBI Apology After Bomb Plot Related Home Raid

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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SHIRLEY, N.Y. — A New York man whose house was raided during the probe into the attempted car bombing of Times Square says the FBI has offered h...

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Peace Through Moderation to Intro Counter-Extremism Strategies at Harvard Club

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011

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The near-tragedy in Times Square reminded us that hatred is both home-grown and foreign-born. With this is in mind, a distinguished panel will discuss...

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Faisal Shahzad Facing Foreclosure

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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SHELTON, Conn. — The suspect in last month's failed Times Square bombing is slated to lose his Connecticut home to foreclosure under a court ord...

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Faisal Shahzad Mug Shot Released (PHOTO)

Posted 05.25.2011

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On Tuesday the alleged Times Square car bomber appeared in court for the first time since his arrest over two weeks ago. From the Associated Press: ...

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Elena Kagan's Strange Bedfellows

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 05.25.2011

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Kagan's nomination brings up again the issue of "Sovereign Immunity," and what it portends to our safety.

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