An author and terrorism expert finds it deeply disturbing that an Afghan immigrant accused of a bombing plot in New York City had contacts with al-Qaeda that went nearly all the way to the top.
U.S. intelligence officials have told The Associated Press that a confidant of Osama bin Laden who is believed to be the al-Qaeda leader in Afghanistan used a middleman to contact the suspect, Najibullah Zazi. Zazi is suspected of plotting to blow up homemade backpack bombs, possibly on New York subway trains, in what U.S. officials have called one of the most serious terror threats crafted on U.S. soil since the 9/11 attacks. Terrorism experts say contact between Zazi and the reputed al-Qaida leader would underscore the seriousness of the threat. Robert Spencer, director of Jihad Watch, agrees. "It was an extraordinarily high-level plot, evidently -- and not one that we should dismiss lightly," he states. Spencer says law enforcement can be credited with the fact that they are "batting a thousand" since 9/11 as they defend the nation against further attacks. "There have been many attempts since 9/11 to mount a major jihad terror attack on American soil," the terrorism expert notes. "We can only hope that they will continue to have a perfect record, although I think that with the Obama administration rolling back many of the Patriot Act provisions by which Najibullah Zazi was wiretapped and monitored, eventually their average is going to lower a little bit." Zazi has pleaded not guilty to conspiring to use weapons of mass destruction. He is being held without bond in New York while awaiting trial.
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