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Apparently, that is the case. It seems the FBI had to close in on the Jihadis earlier than they normally would have as a result of the New York Time SWIFT program leak:
Two law enforcement sources told FOX News, however, that the main target was the underground PATH train system that connects New York and New Jersey. Other transport systems are said to have been considered by the plotters, but they showed the most interest in the PATH trains.
The planning was not far along, one U.S. official said, but authorities “take aspirations of that sort seriously.”
It is not clear whether this case was one of several our sources claim they discussed in general terms with the New York Times, and which Treasury and Justice told the Times would be endangered if it went public with the SWIFT program. It appears the arrest of the plotter in Lebanon took place before the SWIFT story was leaked.
But another DOJ source added something interesting to the mix: “If you go back and look at some of our more successful anti-terrorism cases, they have focused on taking down entire networks. How do we do that? From the inside, peeling off a lead actor, turning him and using him to keep the plot moving forward so we can trace everyone else, the money, the accounts, the weapons dealers, everyone. I’ll just note that we weren’t able to do that with this case and leave it at that. We could have, but we weren’t able to. You’ll have to do the math for the Times.”
- Foiled Terrorist Plot In Canada, New York
The RCMP have arrested two people in connection with a homegrown terror plot to derail a New York-to-Toronto passenger train on the Canadian side of the border, CTV News has learned. The suspects, one in Montreal and one in Toronto, were arrested Monday...
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Times Square Bombing Investigation Focuses on Suspected Role of Pakistani Army Major Suspected Times Square bomber Faisal Shahzad is shown in this undated U.S. Department of Justice photograph released to Reuters on May 19, 2010.U.S. and Pakistani investigators...
- Those Darn Jihadis Are Up To It Again - Always Wanting Kill Jews - What's Up With That?
Chicago: Police raid in case "similar" to New York synagogue jihad bombing plot From Jihad Watch: "A source in federal law enforcement told Fox Chicago that the case is similar to one that unfolded in New York yesterday" -- that is, May 21, when the...
- Nyc Subway Terror Threat
Just in time for the holidays. Again. Americans may be getting complacent but shouldn't. Stay safe, stay vigilant. Fox says the info came from a "walk-in" who sat in on the meeting when the threat was discussed by Al Qaida: From Fox News FBI Warns...
- That Infamous "chatter" Must Be Pretty High For This To Have Come Out
Every since shortly after 9/11, we have heard that the FBI, and the CIA, had heard a lot of "chatter" in the days leading up to the attacks on the WTC and the Pentagon. A few times since then, we have also been told that "chatter" had, once again, spiked....
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New York Train Tunnel Plot Compromised By NYT Leak
Apparently, that is the case. It seems the FBI had to close in on the Jihadis earlier than they normally would have as a result of the New York Time SWIFT program leak:
Two law enforcement sources told FOX News, however, that the main target was the underground PATH train system that connects New York and New Jersey. Other transport systems are said to have been considered by the plotters, but they showed the most interest in the PATH trains.
The planning was not far along, one U.S. official said, but authorities “take aspirations of that sort seriously.”
It is not clear whether this case was one of several our sources claim they discussed in general terms with the New York Times, and which Treasury and Justice told the Times would be endangered if it went public with the SWIFT program. It appears the arrest of the plotter in Lebanon took place before the SWIFT story was leaked.
But another DOJ source added something interesting to the mix: “If you go back and look at some of our more successful anti-terrorism cases, they have focused on taking down entire networks. How do we do that? From the inside, peeling off a lead actor, turning him and using him to keep the plot moving forward so we can trace everyone else, the money, the accounts, the weapons dealers, everyone. I’ll just note that we weren’t able to do that with this case and leave it at that. We could have, but we weren’t able to. You’ll have to do the math for the Times.”
- Foiled Terrorist Plot In Canada, New York
The RCMP have arrested two people in connection with a homegrown terror plot to derail a New York-to-Toronto passenger train on the Canadian side of the border, CTV News has learned. The suspects, one in Montreal and one in Toronto, were arrested Monday...
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Times Square Bombing Investigation Focuses on Suspected Role of Pakistani Army Major Suspected Times Square bomber Faisal Shahzad is shown in this undated U.S. Department of Justice photograph released to Reuters on May 19, 2010.U.S. and Pakistani investigators...
- Those Darn Jihadis Are Up To It Again - Always Wanting Kill Jews - What's Up With That?
Chicago: Police raid in case "similar" to New York synagogue jihad bombing plot From Jihad Watch: "A source in federal law enforcement told Fox Chicago that the case is similar to one that unfolded in New York yesterday" -- that is, May 21, when the...
- Nyc Subway Terror Threat
Just in time for the holidays. Again. Americans may be getting complacent but shouldn't. Stay safe, stay vigilant. Fox says the info came from a "walk-in" who sat in on the meeting when the threat was discussed by Al Qaida: From Fox News FBI Warns...
- That Infamous "chatter" Must Be Pretty High For This To Have Come Out
Every since shortly after 9/11, we have heard that the FBI, and the CIA, had heard a lot of "chatter" in the days leading up to the attacks on the WTC and the Pentagon. A few times since then, we have also been told that "chatter" had, once again, spiked....