The FBI and NYPD are hailing the arrests of four men in an alleged plot to bomb two synagogues in New York City. Officials say the men were also plotting to shoot down military planes at an Air National Guard base in Newburgh, NY, with stinger missiles. Officials say the plan did not pose any real threat: the group had been infiltrated by government agents early on. For an update, we have WNYC reporter Bob Hennelly and M. J. Gohel, the executive director of the Asia Pacific Foundation, an independent security and global terrorism think tank in London.

As India still reels from a series of terrorist attacks that led to standoffs in Mumbai, both authorities and the public are looking for where to point the blame. The former Pakistani ambassador to the U.N. joins The Takeaway to talk about internal turmoil in India, and why it's politically convenient to look for a Pakistani connection. M. J. Gohel, executive director of the Asia-Pacific Foundation, offers his analysis from London.