Najibullah Zazi (R), 24, arrives at the Byron G. Rogers Federal Building in downtown Brooklyn. (Marc Piscotty/Getty Images)
Yesterday, the Department of Justice indicted Najibullah Zazi, a 24-year-old Afghan living in Denver, on conspiracy charges related to an alleged bomb plot intended to strike the New York City subway system. According to government documents, Zazi bought gallons of acetone and hydrogen peroxide from beauty supply stores, and had experimented with bomb making in a Denver-area hotel room. We talk with New York Times reporter David Johnston and Bruce Finley from The Denver Post; both have been following the case. We are also joined by former federal prosecutor Ed O’Callaghan, the former chief of the Terrorism and National Security Unit in New York’s Southern District, who talks us through the legal case.
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We heard one lawyer sued God in a court in USA for terror activities throughout the world in form of deluge ect. The case was dismissed as there was no address specified for serving the notice to God for coming to court and put up a defense. The applicant is proposing to make an appeal saying there need be no address as GOD is omnipresent. If terror activities had been taken to this court by the same lawyer he would have given the entire population of Afghan in and out side USA as respondents. Why not USA makes this lawyer as attorney general?
I, too, apologize if I caused offense. My comment about Mexican food was actually entirely sincere. I grew up in So. California and then spent years in Arizona and since I left the Southwest, I have sorely missed the fresh, spiced food of northern Mexico. Detroit and New Jersey are lovely but I have yet to find a restaurant that fulfills my hunger.
Carolyn,
Sorry for the offense. That was the trailer from a Queen Latifah movie. The idea was to contrast the notions of terrorist bombers with the goofy familiar ambiance of a beauty parlor to bring forward what is chilling about bomb making materials being available in some pretty surprising places. I tried to use a clip from the movie Steel Magnolias (also set in a beauty parlor but run by white women) but there was nothingwe could use. I think the discussion made clear how serious we are about this news. But thanks for listening.
Yesterday it was a comment about the president of Mexico bringing some Mexican food. Today the sound clip which preceeded this segment on the terrorism investigation featured some TV show about beauty shop and black hair issues. You're mining some stereotypes which have NOTHING to do the world economy or with terrorism (I got the connection about the suspect buying beauty supplies, but it wasn't funny at all). Are you turning into a "morning drive" program? WNYC/NPR programs have always had more serious, insightful presentations. Please don't slip down into the silly and stupid that's heard on most of the other airwaves.
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