Thursday, October 1, 2009

Patriot Act helped foil New York terror plot

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President Obama called New York Police Commissioner Ray Kelly to thank him for his efforts in thwarting a planned terrorist attack on the city's subway system, which counterterrorism experts describe as the most serious terror plot since 9/11. But Obama should have also thanked his predecessor in the White House.

The arrest and indictment of Najibullah Zazi on charges of conspiracy to use weapons of mass destruction was made possible by the "roving wiretaps" allowed by the Patriot Act, which was signed into law in 2001 by President George W. Bush.

"All the layers of defense President Bush set up after Sept. 11 are working,"
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Many questions remain, including the size of Zazi's terror network and whether he has any association with the Taliban. But we know what could have happened if the FBI lacked the tools it needed to interrupt the plot.

Or what could happen in the future if key provisions of the Patriot Act, set to expire on Dec. 31, are not renewed by the president and Congress...

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