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The arrest of Faisal Shahzad
(CNN) – The White House says there's now evidence that the Pakistani Taliban, a group said to have close ties with al Qaeda, was behind the botched bomb plot in Times Square. Attorney General Eric Holder says the Justice Department hopes to find a money trail leading straight to the suspect, Faisal Shahzad.
To talk more about the arrest, we were joined on Monday's American Morning by three men from U.S. Customs and Border Protection who were called into action the night Shahzad was arrested.
Taliban link to Times Square suspect?
(CNN) – There are reports today saying U.S. investigators think there may indeed be a link between the suspected Times Square bomber and the Pakistani Taliban, not al Qaeda and not the Taliban we're fighting in Afghanistan. And it could be a game-changer if they were able to hit the homeland.
Rep. Peter Hoekstra, ranking member on the House Committee on Intelligence, joined us on Thursday's American Morning to talk about the investigation into the failed Times Square bombing.
Read more: Analysis: Are the Pakistani Taliban about to go global?
Times Square bomb plot blunders
(CNN) – A new picture is emerging today of a bumbling, would-be Times Square bomber. Authorities believe that the suspect, Faisal Shahzad, made a dry run the day before, in what was supposed to be his getaway car. But besides not being able to get the bomb to work, he had another problem. Our Susan Candiotti has the report.
Read more: Source: Bomb suspect made dry run
DHS changing no-fly list policy after Times Square plot
[cnn-photo-caption image= http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2010/images/05/05/shahzad.3.art.jpg caption="Faisal Shahzad, 30, was arrested Monday night in connection with a car bomb parked in New York's Times Square."]
(CNN) – The Department of Homeland Security is changing its no-fly list update policies to prevent a repeat of what happened Monday, when the suspect in the Times Square attempted bombing was allowed to board a plane despite his name being on the no-fly list, a DHS official told CNN Wednesday.
The official said the Transportation Security Administration will require airlines to check the no-fly list within two hours of being electronically notified of additions or changes. Previously, airlines were required to re-check the list within 24 hours.
Faisal Shahzad, who has been charged in connection with the attempted bombing in Times Square, was able to board Emirates Flight 202 late Monday despite being put on a no-fly list earlier in the day. He made his reservation by phone as he drove to the airport just hours before the flight, investigators said. When he paid for his ticket in cash at the ticket counter, the airline had not refreshed its information so his name did not raise any red flags, a senior counterterrorism official told CNN.
Times Square suspect caught
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 strife-torn homeland.
Faisal Shahzad, 30, was arrested around 11:45 p.m. ET Monday at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport, said Attorney General Eric Holder.
Shahzad will appear sometime after 2 p.m. ET Tuesday in federal court, the U.S. attorney's office in Manhattan said.
The suspect is set to go before Magistrate Judge Kevin Fox. Charges will be read against the defendant, and the judge will determine if a bail will be set.
Times Square suspect has Pakistani residency
Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) – The Pakistani-American suspect in the Times Square bombing attempt has a Karachi identification card, a document that shows Pakistani residency, and the suspect's family is from northwestern Pakistan, Interior Minister Rehman Malik told CNN.
Malik was notified about the arrest of Faisal Shahzad on Tuesday morning by the U.S. ambassador to Pakistan and said his government will cooperate with the United States government in the investigation.
The northwestern Pakistan region is a stronghold of militants and jihadis who have been targeted by U.S. drone strikes.
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