I am not accusing anyone of anything; but, does anyone else, besides me, find the timing of this to be a bit suspect? I do.
The Story via NBC 4 in NY:
A suspected terrorist parked a van packed with what he thought was a 1,000-pound bomb next to the Federal Reserve building in Lower Manhattan and tried to detonate it Wednesday morning before he was arrested in a terror sting operation, authorities said.
The suspect, 21-year-old Quazi Mohammad Rezwanul Ahsan Nafis, is a Bangladeshi national who came to the U.S. on a student visa in January for the specific purpose of launching a terror attack here, authorities said. He allegedly told an undercover agent last month that he hoped the attack would disrupt the presidential election, saying "You know what, this election might even stop," according to the criminal complaint against him.
The complaint said Nafis wrote a statement claiming responsibility for what he thought would be the Fed attack, saying he wanted to "destroy America" by going after its economy. He referred to "our beloved Sheikh Osama bin Laden" in the statement, which was stored on a thumb drive.
He also proposed various other targets beyond the Fed building at 33 Liberty St., just blocks from the World Trade Center site, prosecutors said. He considered targeting a "high-ranking U.S. official" as well as the New York Stock Exchange.
Nafis, who lives in Jamaica, Queens, had attended Southeast Missouri State University and was seeking to transfer to a New York City ESL program, according to a law enforcement official.
Again, I am glad the feds caught this guy and the attack was thwarted. However, I have to wonder, how long were they tailing this guy? Were they given the order to swoop in and nab him, because it would help Obama? Is it wrong to ask such questions? I mean, again, I am not making accusations, I just do not trust this Government, at all. They are just as evil as Bush’s Government was and I just do not trust them at all.
Related:
New York Post:Terrorist attempts to blow up Federal Reserve Bank
Fox News:Bangladeshi man arrested after allegedly trying to blow up Fed building in NYC
FBI: Joint Terrorism Task Force Arrests Man in Lower Manhattan After He Attempted to Bomb New York Federal Reserve Bank
Others: Via Memeorandum: Power Line, New York Magazine, The Jawa Report, Gothamist and National Review, Gawker, Mediaite, Jihad Watch, The Daily Caller, The Agonist, Newsy and The Raw Story, This Just In, Jihad Watch and The PJ Tatler, Guardian, emptywheel and The Maddow Blog