How Serious Was The Terror Plot In New York?

Afghan-born Najibullah Zazi, 24, arrives at the Byron G. Rogers Federal Building in Denver. Marc Piscotty / AFP / Getty

Terror Probe Widens In U.S. -- L.A. Times

As many as a dozen people are suspected to have ties to what authorities say is an Al Qaeda-linked plot.

Reporting from Washington and New York - Federal authorities have tied as many as a dozen people to a suspected Al Qaeda-linked bomb plot on U.S. soil as they continue to gather evidence to indict on terrorism charges the young Afghan immigrant at the center of the case, law enforcement officials said Monday.

Authorities said that they did not know the exact number of potential suspects or many of their identities, but that they had been connected through electronic intercepts, surveillance, seized evidence and interviews.

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More News On This Terror Plot

Terror arrest sparks gov't warning on mass transit -- Yahoo News/AP
Chemicals a Focus of U.S. Bomb Probe -- Wall Street Journal
Terror Probe Puts U.S. Mass Transit Systems on Alert -- Washington Post
Terror suspect held without bail; alert issued -- USA Today
Lawyer Defends Queens Imam Arrested in Terror Inquiry -- New York Times
Cops, feds ransack Queens storage sites for Qaeda bomb-making materials -- New York Times
Bomb plot: When should authorities have stepped in? -- Christian Science Monitor
Scholars: Blown Case Sped Up Arrests -- Washington Times
Two Afghan Terror Plot Suspects Ordered to Remain in US Custody -- Voice of America
NYPD Intelligence Division: Botching Its Biggest Terrorism Plot? -- Huffington Post
Terrorism Suspect Najibullah Zazi -- Time Magazine

My Comment: There are many aspects of this case that makes me raise my eyebrows. 14 identical knapsacks. Hand written instructions on how to make and assemble bombs. Codewords. Yup .... a lot of unanswered questions with lies and obfuscation coming from the main suspects.