U.S. President Barack Obama
More details have emerged on how the FBI nearly let Times Square terror suspect, Faisal Shahzad, get away, as he attempted to flee America, for his native Pakistan. Apparently, there were a few hours when the would be bomber eluded the FBI, after their surveillance campaign began, which allowed him to flee to John F. Kennedy Airport in New York.
Faisil Shahzad
President Obama commended the FBI's investigative work in this case, but the breach in surveillance and the fact the terrorist No-Fly list, once again caused problems, as Shahzad was added so late in the game, on Monday, May 3, 2010, Emirates airlines had not rebooted their system for the day, to notice the update that added him.
FBI Director Robert S. Mueller
The airplane had to be stopped on instructions from the FBI, rather than an alert on the terrorist No-Fly list. A series of errors and failures by the FBI nearly gave a dangerous criminal that endangered the lives of many, a free pass home. The FBI and Homeland Security are going to have to do better than this, as they keep botching serious terrorist cases.
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Times Square car bomber suspect asks officials 'Are you NYPD or FBI?'
6/05/2010 - The man suspected of being the Times Square car bomber was held "at the last second" officers admitted yesterday.
Faisal Shahzad was belted into his seat - his Emirates flight to Dubai on the runway at New York's JFK International and ready for take-off - when federal agents boarded the plane.
"'I was expecting you. Are you NYPD or FBI?" Newsweek claimed he said on arrest.
Investigators had the most advanced technology but two simple security failings appear to have let Pakistani-American Shahzad, 30, come within minutes of leaving the US.
First he eluded investigators tailing him since 3pm on Monday. Authorities said they believe he fled after hearing news reports that law enforcement agents were seeking a Pakistani suspect in Connecticut, where he lived...
