Back in September 2009, the FBI and NYPD raided Queens homes because of a plot to bomb the NYC subway system. While suspects were arrested—and later convicted—tensions emerged between the two agencies because a police officer showed photographs of "persons of interest" to an imam who tipped off suspects, forcing the FBI to act early. Now, numerous of NYPD detectives are being called to testify in front of a grand jury about the leaks. more ›

The Pakistani-born U.S. citizen who tried to set off a car bomb in Times Square was sentenced on Tuesday to life in prison, with no chance of parole. Faisal Shahzad, a 31-year-old former budget analyst from Bridgeport, Conn., pleaded guilty in June to the failed May 1st bombing in Midtown Manhattan. Today he told U.S. District Judge Miriam Cedarbaum that a defeat of the United States is "imminent," Newsday reports (paywall). "Brace yourselves, the war with Muslims has just begun," he added portentously. more ›

Prosecutors told the judge in the trial of Faisal Shahzad, the man who tried and failed to blow up Times Square last May, that Shahzad deserves life in jail. They argued in court papers that Shahzad, who already pleaded guilty to charges, sought to "exact revenge on the same country where he had lived for nearly a decade and in which he had applied to become a citizen." To buffer their recommendation to the judge, who will sentence Shahzad next Tuesday, they revealed more details about his plans, as well as a Joint Terrorism Task Force bomb test video (you can see it above) to show what the devastation would have looked like. more ›

Who didn't breathe a sigh of relief when the FBI deduced a proper version of the failed Times Square car bomb would have killed thousands, and nervously joke that it was a good thing Pakistani U.S. citizen Faisal Shahzad didn't listen carefully in al Qaeda Bomb-making 101? But now it turns out that the cheap homemade explosive, left smoking in the back of an SUV in May, was purposely weak, the NY Times reports. Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly, speaking at Washington's Center for National Policy, said Shahzad was afraid that purchasing more potent goods would be noticed by U.S. authorities. more ›

A secret FBI test of how deadly the bomb that Faisal Shahzad planted in Times Square is no longer a secret, as the Post reports that a team created a "correctly made" version and found it "would have killed thousands of people." Luckily Shahzad was not a very good study at al Qaeda camp and his bomb failed to ignite properly and only started a fire, allowing street vendors to alert the authorities. more ›

Dubai-based TV station Al-Arabiya has aired an English-language video of the man arrested for an abortive bomb plot in New York's Times Square, and one thing is evident: He needs some serious work on presentation. Thirty year-old Faisal Shahzad, dressed in a black turban and clutching an AK-47 rifle which at times appeared poorly edited into the picture, fumbled through a crude news broadcast to explain that the gasoline and fireworks rigged to explode a SUV in Times Square on May 1 was "a revenge attack from—for all of the mujahideen (holy warriors), uh, and all the muhajireen (emigrants), and the weak and oppressed people of Muslims." He went on, unconvincingly, to cite names such as "uh, for example...Abu Musab al Zarqawi," the late al Qaeda head in Iraq. more ›

Yesterday afternoon, Faisal Shahzad, the Pakistani immigrant (and naturalized U.S. citizen) accused of training with the Pakistan Taliban and attempting to bomb Times Square pleaded guilty to charges, saying, "It's a war... I'm going to plead guilty a hundred times over because until the hour the U.S. pulls its forces from Iraq and Afghanistan and stops the drone strikes ... we will be attacking the U.S. And I plead guilty to that." more ›

The Department of Justice announced that Faisal Shahzad, the Pakistani naturalized U.S. citizen accused of leaving a Nissan Pathfinder with a bomb in Times Square on May 1, was indicted on 10 counts, including attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction and attempted use of a destructive device during and in relation to a conspiracy to commit an act of terrorism transcending national boundaries, yesterday. U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara also specifically accused of Shahzad "conspiring with the Pakistani Taliban to wreak death and destruction in Times Square." more ›

According to the Daily News, "Pakistani counterterror agents retracing the footsteps of accused Times Square car bomber Faisal Shahzad have confirmed his claim he was trained by militants in tribal areas near Afghanistan." A senior Pakistani military official also told the News, "Shahzad did go to the people who are operating in those areas. He did have some contact with them." Shahzad has been in custody since his arrest on May 3 and has been cooperating with the feds every day. In the meantime, relatives of three men detained by the Pakistani authorities say the men should be released because they are not linked to Shahzad. more ›

Anwar al-Awlaki, the American-born cleric whose radical views have forced him into hiding in Yemen, released a new video promising harm to Americans, "Oh, America, if you transgress against us, we will transgress against you, and you keep killing our people, we will kill your people. This is the image that we need to present. These American soldiers heading to Afghanistan and Iraq will be killed. We will kill them if we can, there in Fort Hood, or we will kill them in Afghanistan and Iraq." more ›

A Pakistani army major and catering executive were arrested in Pakistan for alleged ties to Times Square terror suspect Faisal Shahzad. Intelligence sources tell CBS that two of the six people detained so far in Pakistan have been "proud" of their ties to Shahzad and accused investigators of "siding with infidels." more ›

Faisal Shahzad, the man who allegedly left his Nissan Pathfinder with a homemade bomb inside, reportedly asked investigators why it didn't go off. The Post reports that Shahzad, who has "spent the last two weeks under guard at a Brooklyn hotel," "begged them to explain where he went wrong... The source did not say whether he was given the courtesy." At any rate, Shahzad said the bomb's failure was "God's will." more ›

The U.S. Marshal's Service released Times Square terror suspect Faisal Shahzad, and in this image, compared to the widely seen image posted on Orkut, he looks less like Corey Feldman. more ›

Two weeks after being arrested for allegedly placing a car bomb in Times Square on May 1, suspect Faisal Shahzad finally appeared in court. The federal courtroom was emptied for a security sweep and reporters were eager for their first glimpse of him. However, as the NY Times reports, "The tension and drama that led up to the brief proceeding, including a sweep of the packed fifth-floor courtroom that cleared mobs of reporters and spectators so the room could be secured, far overshadowed the substance of the nine-minute hearing." more ›

Terror suspect Faisal Shahzad may have failed with his attempt to set of a car bomb in Times Square, but it turns out that the "Crossroads of the World" may not have been his only target. According to MyFoxNY, a source says "he was taking aim at four other high-profile targets: Rockefeller Center, Grand Central Terminal, the World Financial Center, and Connecticut-based defense contractor Sikorsky." more ›

Yesterday, the NY Times published a 2006 e-mail that Times Square terror suspect Faisal Shahzad sent to friends, wondering if "peaceful protest" to the apparent persecution of Muslims was appropriate, "Can you tell me a way to save the oppressed? And a way to fight back when rockets are fired at us and Muslim blood flows?" more ›

On Thursday, the FBI conducted raids in Massachusetts, Maine, NJ and Long Island to find possible associates of Times Square terror suspect Faisal Shahzad. It's believed that Shahzad received $4,000 during a meeting at a Dunkin' Donuts in Ronkonkoma, and some Pakistani men on Long Island were questioned. But one is particularly unhappy about being profiled and connected to Shahzad. more ›

Yesterday, the FBI raided homes in Long Island, Massachusetts, Maine and NJ as part of its investigation into the activities of Times Square car bomb suspect Faisal Shahzad. Two men in Massachusetts were taken in custody, as was one man in Maine, and it appears that Shahzad may have received money for his plot from a cash courier in Long Island. more ›

The FBI conducted raids on homes in the Northeast, including ones near Boston and on Long Island, this morning, as part of its investigation into the Times Square terror plot. FBI spokeswoman Gail Marcinkiewicz told the Boston Globe, "there's no known immediate threat to the public or active plot against the United States... The searches are the product of evidence that has been gathered in the investigation" so far. more ›

Faisal Shahzad, the Times Square car bomb suspect, apparently spent very little on his botched bomb. According to NY1, "Investigators say Shahzad spent $1,300 for a used sports utility vehicle, bought $95 worth of firecrackers and spent other small amounts for the tanks of gasoline and propane." Further, when his Connecticut apartment rent and plane tickets are added to the total, he may have only spent $7,000. The feds have been trying to find the courier to helped fund Shahzad's modest expenses. Of course, Saturday Night Live found a way to mock the bomb (see video below). more ›

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder appeared on "This Week" and "Meet the Press" this morning to say that he believed the Pakistan Taliban was involved in last week's Times Square car bomb attempt, "We've now developed evidence that shows the Pakistani Taliban was behind the attack. We know that they helped facilitate it. We know that they probably helped finance it. And that [terror suspect Faisal Shahzad] was working at their direction." more ›

An FBI team arrived in Pakistan yesterday to investigate whether Times Square car bomb suspect Faisal Shahzad has ties to international terror groups. The 30-year-old Pakistani-turned-naturalized American citizen has claimed that he was trained at a Taliban camp in Pakistan, but the Pakistan Taliban has denied any connection (though praised his botched bombing attempt). more ›

General David Petraeus told the AP that he doesn't think Times Square terror suspect Faisal Shahzad was working with anyone: He said "that Shahzad was a 'lone wolf' who was inspired by militants in Pakistan but didn't have direct contact with them. Authorities say Shahzad told investigators he went to a terrorist training camp in Pakistan but have yet to confirm that." more ›

The Times Square terror suspect has been talking. In fact, the Daily News reports that he's "boasting of his connections to global terrorists, giving authorities a who's-who list of Islamic mad men he's met with, sources said Thursday night. Faisal Shahzad, 30, has waived his right to a lawyer and is chatting so much about his ties to anti-American fanatics that federal investigators are rolling their eyes, sources said. 'Maybe it's true, but none of it has been verified at all,' a U.S. counterterrorism official briefed on the interrogation told the Daily News." more ›

While the government believes that Times Square car bomb suspect Faisal Shahzad was trained and inspired by the Pakistan Taliban, the group's spokesman denied any link, telling CBS News, "This is a noble job and we pray that all the Muslim youths should follow Faisal Shahzad. But he is not part of our network," adding that the plot was "hatched by the U.S. and its allies to trap Muslim and Pushtun youth in terrorist activities" and promised to "launch attacks against the U.S. and its allies with a new zeal and style The U.S. and its European allies are our target." more ›

There's nothing like almost losing track of a terror suspect and the no-fly list almost not work at all to make the feds change things up. The Washington Post reports, "Until now, airlines have had 24 hours to check the list after they are notified that a name has been added to it through a special, expedited process that indicates a high level of potential risk. Starting Wednesday, they must check within two hours." more ›

Faisal Shahzad, the Pakistani naturalized U.S. citizen who was charged with attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction, acts of terrorism transcending national boundaries, and other federal crimes for allegedly leaving a car bomb in Times Square, has reportedly waived his right to a rapid court hearing. According to the NY Times, "The disclosure that Mr. Shahzad has waived his right to a speedy arraignment suggests that he is continuing to provide valuable information to the office of Preet Bharara." more ›

As the authorities continue to understand the plans behind the attempted car bombing in Times Square, there's relief that suspect Faisal Shahzad was arrested just before his flight to Dubai took off but there's concern about how he nearly got away. Not only did Emirates Airline ignore an update that Shahzad, a Pakistani national who became a U.S. citizen last year, was added to the no-fly list, the feds lost track of him for a number of hours on Monday during their surveillance. more ›

Faisal Shahzad, the Pakistani man suspected of driving a Nissan Pathfinder with a car bomb to Times Square, will be in federal court to face charges at 2 p.m. Shahzad, 30, reportedly became a naturalized US citizen in just last year in Hartford: He "was not known to the U.S. intelligence community before the failed bombing attempt in New York City, and there was no derogatory information about him in terrorism-related government databases, an official told the Associated Press on condition of anonymity amid the ongoing investigation. Shahzad passed all the criminal and national security background checks required for citizenship, the Associated Press reported." more ›

At 11:45 p.m. last night, law enforcement officials arrested a 30-year-old Connecticut resident for allegedly driving a Nissan Pathfinder filled with gasoline, propane, M88 firecrackers, and non-explosive fertilizer to Times Square on Saturday night. The U.S. Attorney's office said that Faisal Shahzad, "a naturalized U.S. citizen born in Pakistan, was taken into custody at John F. Kennedy International Airport after he was identified by the Department of Homeland Security’s U.S. Customs and Border Protection while attempting to take a flight to Dubai." more ›