memeorandum: Bomb suspect busted at JFK (New York Post)

10:00 AM ET, May 4, 2010

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U.S. citizen from Pakistan arrested in Times Square bomb case — Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. announced early Tuesday that an arrest had been made in the failed Times Square car bombing, saying that Faisal Shahzad, a 30-year-old American, was taken into custody at John F. Kennedy International Airport …

Discussion: The Strata-Sphere, The Corner on National …, Tammy Bruce, Times of London, The Mahablog, Swampland, Outside The Beltway, Scared Monkeys, Washington Times, Wall Street Journal, RedState, Fausta's Blog, Riehl World View, Vox Popoli and ThreatsWatch

New York Post:

Bomb suspect busted at JFK — By MURRAY WEISS, DAN MANGAN and TIM PERONE in NY and S.A. MILLER in DC — A Connecticut man who recently spent several months in his native Pakistan was arrested at Kennedy Airport early this morning in connection with the attempted Times Square car bombing, law-enforcement sources told The Post.

Discussion: Beltway Confidential, JammieWearingFool and Gothamist

Mike Allen / The Politico:

Cellphone led to Times Square arrest — The number from a disposable cellphone led FBI agents to the suspect arrested Monday night for allegedly driving a car bomb into Times Square on Saturday evening, according to a senior official. — “They were able to basically get one phone number …

Discussion: Telegraph and Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog

ABCNEWS:

Authorities Have Identified Person of Interest in Times Square Bomb Attempt — Investigation Pointing to Coordinated Effort, Foreign Links in Foiled Times Square Attack — Federal authorities are closing in on the man they say is a person of interest in the Times Square car bomb attempt this weekend …

CNN:

Times Square bomb suspect arrested ‘at last second’ — New York (CNN) — Authorities hunting for the suspect in the botched Times Square bombing dramatically beat the clock overnight, seizing a Pakistani-American citizen moments before he began a long trip to his war-torn homeland.

Discussion: Power Line, Left Coast Rebel and The Volokh Conspiracy

ABCNEWS:

Pakistan Émigré in Connecticut Arrested as Times Square Bomber — FBI Says Faisal Shahzad Bought Vehicle That Carried Bomb on April 24, After Trip to Pakistan — The FBI has arrested a 30-year old Bridgeport, Connecticut man in connection with the failed attempt to set off …

Discussion: Hot Air, Politics Daily, The United States Department …, Times of India, Los Angeles Times and Washington Post

The United States Department of Justice:

Statement of Attorney General Eric Holder on the Times Square Investigation — Earlier this evening, Faisal Shahzad was arrested in connection with the attempted car bombing in New York on Saturday. Mr. Shahzad, an American citizen, was taken into custody at JFK Airport in New York as he attempted to board a flight to Dubai.

Discussion: Firedoglake, Townhall.com, The BLT and New York Times

Associated Press:

Pakistani Arrested in NYC Car Bomb Attack — A man believed to be the driver of an SUV used as a car bomb in a failed terror attack on Times Square was taken into custody by federal and local police officials while trying to leave the country.

Discussion: Left Coast Rebel, Wall Street Journal, YID With LID, Infidel Bloggers Alliance, The Other McCain, Mediaite and Nice Deb

David Neiwert / Crooks and Liars:

How about that ‘law enforcement approach’ to terrorism: NYC bomb suspect caught boarding Dubai flight — Well, that's what you would call some nifty police work: … The next time you hear some right-winger (most notably Dick Cheney) sneer at the Obama administration's “law enforcement approach to terrorism,” remember this.

Discussion: Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Weasel Zippers and Gates of Vienna

Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
The Times Square arrest and the politics of national security

Discussion: Washington Wire and The Enterprise Blog

Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Bloomberg: Hey, maybe the Times Square bomber was upset about the health-care bill

Discussion: CBS News, Infidel Bloggers Alliance, The Corner on National …, ABCNEWS, Left Coast Rebel and Flopping Aces

Fox News:
American Who Recently Visited Pakistan Eyed in Times Square Bomb Plot

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James Barron / New York Times:
Questions on Early News on Times Square Car Bomb

Discussion: The Corner on National … and The Other McCain

James Fallows / The Atlantic Online:
If the TSA Were Running New York

Discussion: No More Mister Nice Blog, A plain blog about politics and PoliBlog

WCBS-TV:
Mayor: Times Square Suspect Acted Alone

Discussion: RedState, Betsy's Page, NewsBusters.org, Creative Minority Report, Pajamas Media, New York Times, The Sundries Shack and The Corner on National …

NY Daily News:
Hunt is on for missing Conn. man who bought car bomb Nissan …

Discussion: New York Times, City Room, Pajamas Media, Gateway Pundit, Newsweek Blogs, Atlas Shrugs, RedState, Big Government and CNN

The Politico:

White House in P.R. ‘panic’ over spill — The ferocious oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico is threatening President Barack Obama's reputation for competence, just as surely as it endangers the Gulf ecosystem. — So White House aides are escalating their efforts to reassure Congress and the public …

Discussion: CNN, Clusterstock, Associated Press, The Hill and The Daily Caller

CNN:
TRENDING: High school will get Obama as graduation speaker

Discussion: The Political Carnival

Ben Raines / Breaking News from the Press-Register:
Despite plan, not a single fire boom on hand on Gulf Coast at time of oil spill

Discussion: Power Line, Associated Press, The Moderate Voice, theblogprof, Gateway Pundit, New Orleans Times-Picayune and al.com

New York Times:
Gulf Oil Spill Is Bad, but How Bad?

Discussion: The Huffington Post, Newsweek Blogs, Wall Street Journal and Wonk Room

Jake Sherman / The Politico:
Perry: Oil spill may be ‘act of God’

Discussion: Washington Monthly, Off the Kuff, The Swamp, CNN and D.C. Now

Andy Barr / The Politico:
Schwarzenegger flips on drilling

Discussion: TPM LiveWire, The Confluence and Towleroad News #gay

New York Times:

Poll Shows Most in U.S. Want Overhaul of Immigration Laws — LOS ANGELES — The overwhelming majority of Americans think that the country's immigration policies need to be seriously overhauled. And despite protests against Arizona's stringent new immigration enforcement law …

Discussion: CBS News, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Hullabaloo, Prairie Weather, American Power, Think Progress, PostPartisan, The Page, The Political Carnival, Pollster.com All Content, The Choice and The Caucus

CBS News:
Poll: Majority Backs Arizona Immigration Bill

Discussion: CBS News, Hotline On Call, NewsBusters.org, Weasel Zippers, Top of the Ticket, Hot Air, Don Surber, Truthdig and New York Times

Jim Geraghty / National Review:

House Races in 2010 — 'Hey Jim, could you put together a list of House races where it's either an open seat race or a vulnerable incumbent?" the editors ask, oh-so-innocently. — Do they have any idea how much work that entails? Scott Brown won a Senate race in Massachusetts …

Discussion: Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog, Moe Lane, RedState and Hot Air

Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
DNC poll: Only Case can win in Hawaii

Discussion: Ballot Box, The Eye, Daily Kos, Real Clear Politics, Commentary, Swing State Project and Pollster.com All Content

Chris Cillizza / The Fix:

Primary Day: Five storylines to watch in Indiana, Ohio and North Carolina — Voters in Indiana, Ohio and North Carolina head to the polls today — the first major primary day of the 2010 election season. Below are five storylines to keep an eye on in that trio of states as the votes get counted tonight.

Discussion: The Note, The Politico, Wall Street Journal and Politics Daily

Liz Sidoti / Associated Press:
Establishment choices vs. upstarts in 3 primaries

Discussion: The Politico, Taegan Goddard's …, The Atlantic Online and The Page

Lane Wright / sunshinestatenews.com:

Sen. Mike Bennett Caught Looking at Porn on Senate Floor … No one will argue that sitting on the Senate floor during session can get a little boring, but looking at porn is probably not the best way to pass the time. — On Thursday morning, Sunshine State News captured exclusive video …

Discussion: Firedoglake, Left Coast Rebel, Pam's House Blend, Mediaite, The Political Carnival, Think Progress, Hot Air, The Buzz, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, TPM LiveWire and Riehl World View

Mickey Edwards / The Atlantic Online:

On Discovering Bill Maher — Yes, I know I'm retro, but until this weekend I had never seen nor heard the apparently quite famous Bill Maher. That oversight has now been remedied thanks to some seriously brilliant producers at ABC television who were insightful enough to book Mr. Maher …

Discussion: The Jawa Report

Quinnipiac University:

Sestak Gains On Specter Among Pennsylvania Democrats, Quinnipiac University Poll Finds; Onorato Tops Field Of Unknowns In Governor's Primary — U.S. Rep. Joe Sestak is within striking distance of U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter in the Pennsylvania Democratic primary, trailing the long-time incumbent 47 …

Discussion: Ballot Box, The Page, Taegan Goddard's …, The Eye and Real Clear Politics

Wall Street Journal:

Congress Members Bet on Fall in Stocks — Some members of Congress made risky bets with their own money that U.S. stocks or bonds would fall during the financial crisis, a Wall Street Journal analysis of congressional disclosures shows. — Senators have criticized Goldman Sachs Group Inc. for profiting from the housing collapse.

Discussion: Clusterstock and DealBook

Richard Pérez-Peña / New York Times:

Christie Acts to Replace a Supreme Court Justice — Once again showing that he means to shake up Trenton, Gov. Christopher J. Christie declined on Monday to reappoint a sitting justice to the New Jersey Supreme Court, instead appointing someone who he said would show the restraint that was missing from the court.

Marc A. Thiessen / Washington Post:

Leading the charge for GOP insurgents — Santa Barbara is about as far from Greenville, S.C., as you can get in the continental United States, but Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) cares more about principle than geography. He is leading a conservative insurgency across America.

Discussion: AmSpecBlog, RedState, The Enterprise Blog, Right Now, Newsweek Blogs and Scared Monkeys

Dan Pfeiffer / White House.gov Blog Feed:

The 10 Most Wanted Lobbyist Loopholes — Loopholes are a lobbyist's best friend. — As debate on the Wall Street Reform bill returns today to the floor of the Senate, lobbyists are working overtime to insert loopholes and special provisions into the bill.

Discussion: Think Progress and Ezra Klein