Dodged a Bullet.  Interestingly, I can not say that of the last instance of Failed Islamic Terrorism — the “Captain Underpants” caper, because that was a case of “Can’t Hit the Broad Side of a Barn” and mostly just showed the infeasibility of a particular terrorist tactic (though, I guess it holds a particular attraction as it’s the nearest re-creation of 9/11 available.)  With Faisal Shahzad’s botched attempt, I am back to my long-held thought: “I’m surprised we haven’t seen this already” — the “Car Bomb” is an oldie.  Then again, I may be missing something here — it’s not like I am ever going to sit down and sort through the logistics to this end.  The man apparently took classes in Pakistan that lead up to this attack.  He was not at the Top of His Class, apparently.

What’s interesting is that he is apparently co-operating in full.  It’s a ponder of some lines of Psychology.  I remember a “This American Life” episode with Israeli Interrogators asking failed Suicide Bombers, and marking one confession of Remorse as completely insincere and another as sincere.  Well, it’s a thought.  It may be that had he managed to escape, as we see he didn’t, he would have had a harder time to answer for his Great Failure.
… Did he have his heart in this?

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Worth noting:
“I thought I should call 911, but my English is not very good and I had no credit left on my phone, so I walked over to Lance, who has the T-shirt stall next to mine, and told him. He said we shouldn’t call 911. Immediately he alerted a police officer near by,” said Mr Niasse, who is originally from Senegal and who has been a vendor in Times Square for about eight years.

Muslim Immigrant.

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