Early Tuesday morning, Eric Holder spoke about the suspect in the failed Times Square car bombing plot.
From the Associated Press, in the Washington Post:
Faisal Shahzad, the man arrested Monday in connection with the failed plot to detonate a car bomb in New York's Times Square, was trying to board a flight to Dubai when he was apprehended, Attorney General Eric Holder said Tuesday.
Holder said Shahzad, a U.S. citizen, was detained by agents from Customs and Border Protection at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport.
The attorney general described the investigation as "multifaceted" and said federal, state and local authorities are continuing to pursue a number of leads. "As we move forward, we will focus on not just holding those responsible for it accountable, but also on obtaining any intelligence about terrorist organizations overseas," he said.
Holder suggested authorities may be searching for more suspects, saying, "We will not rest until we have brought everyone responsible to justice."
...Officials who spoke to The Associated Press early Tuesday on the condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the investigation said Shahzad had recently returned from a five-month trip to Pakistan, where he had a wife.
Shahzad, who has a Shelton, Conn., address, was being held in New York.
Thirty years old.
A registered Democrat.
Born in Pakistan.
A wife in Pakistan.
A Shelton, Connecticut address.
Holder reminds the American people to remain vigilant because clearly the intent of the plot was to kill Americans.
I hope this is a wake-up call for Obama and his administration and the Democrat flunkies.
All that bowing and apologizing and dissing America didn't get terrorists to back off.
Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Obama doesn't want to talk about a War on Terror. Janet Napolitano doesn't even want to use the term "terrorism," instead preferring to use "man-caused disasters."
Pathetic.
I hope Obama and Napolitano and Holder will quit playing these games. If they don't get their act together, the consequences could be deadly.
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Read the arrest details.
Read the full statement of Attorney General Eric Holder.
Earlier this evening, Faisal Shahzad was arrested in connection with the attempted car bombing in New York on Saturday. Mr. Shahzad, an American citizen, was taken into custody at JFK Airport in New York as he attempted to board a flight to Dubai.
Since this plot was first uncovered on Saturday night, the FBI, prosecutors and intelligence lawyers in the National Security Division of the Justice Department and the U.S. Attorneys Offices in Manhattan and Connecticut, along with the NYPD have worked night and day to find out who was responsible for what would have been a deadly attack had it been successful. Over the course of the day today, we have gathered significant additional evidence that led to tonight’s arrest, which was made by agents from Department of Homeland Security’s Customs and Border Protection.
This investigation is ongoing, as are our attempts to gather useful intelligence, and we continue to pursue a number of leads. But it’s clear that the intent behind this terrorist act was to kill Americans.
FBI agents are working with their state and local counterparts in New York, Connecticut and other jurisdictions to gather evidence and intelligence related to this case. We are also coordinating with other members of the President’s national security team to ensure we use every resource available to the United States to bring anyone responsible to justice.
We continue to gather leads in this investigation, and it’s important that the American people remain vigilant. The vehicle in Times Square was first noticed on Saturday by a citizen who reported it to authorities, and, as always, any American who notices suspicious activity should report it to the appropriate law enforcement agencies.
This investigation is ongoing, it is multi-faceted, and it is aggressive. As we move forward, we will focus on not just holding those responsible for it accountable, but also on obtaining any intelligence about terrorist organizations overseas.
Because of the fast-moving nature of this investigation, I am not able to make any further information public at this time. But the American people should know that we are deploying every resource available, and we will not rest until we have brought everyone responsible to justice.
Are they really deploying every resource available?
That sounds so last administration.
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