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Photo: Zazi: Proof that “native” terror threat is genuine.

Lessons of latest terror case.

THE 12-page indictment against Najibullah Zazi should make it clear that Americans, especially New Yorkers, have dodged yet another bullet — or, in this harrowing case, a weapon of mass destruction.

Until the indictment was filed Thursday, news stories on Operation “High-Rise” (as the police call their frenetic investigation of Zazi) made little effort to contain their skepticism. If the innocent-looking 24- year-old Afghan immigrant was such a danger, experts opined, why were he, his father and a cleric who had tipped them off to federal surveillance only being charged with having lied to the FBI?

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My Comment: I suspect that there is more to this news than what they are telling us. His trial will probably reveal the extent of what he was planning to do, and the support that he was receiving.

Photo: Zazi: Proof that “native” terror threat is genuine.

Lessons of latest terror case.

THE 12-page indictment against Najibullah Zazi should make it clear that Americans, especially New Yorkers, have dodged yet another bullet — or, in this harrowing case, a weapon of mass destruction.

Until the indictment was filed Thursday, news stories on Operation “High-Rise” (as the police call their frenetic investigation of Zazi) made little effort to contain their skepticism. If the innocent-looking 24- year-old Afghan immigrant was such a danger, experts opined, why were he, his father and a cleric who had tipped them off to federal surveillance only being charged with having lied to the FBI?

Read more ….

My Comment: I suspect that there is more to this news than what they are telling us. His trial will probably reveal the extent of what he was planning to do, and the support that he was receiving.