Wednesday, September 23, 2009

The Zazi Terrorism Probe: How It Might Benefit U.S. Intel

FBI agents arrest suspects Najibullah Zazi, center, and his father Mohammed Zazi, not pictured, on charges of knowingly making false statments to the FBI in a matter involving terrorism. Chris Schneider / Denver Post / Polaris

From Time Magazine:

If Najibullah Zazi is everything the FBI says he is, then the Afghan-born Denver airport-shuttle-bus driver represents a new kind of menace for the U.S. His arrest is a double blessing: it may have thwarted a terrorism plot, and it could give counterterrorism officials a goldmine of information on al-Qaeda, the Taliban and the state of the global jihad.

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My Comment: I am very skeptical that what he can tell us will be of any value .... or something that can be believed. But I guess for the FBI, he is going their favorite "subject of discussion" for the next few weeks.

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