Bloomberg implies NYC Bomber an Obamacare protester, NBC reports man of Pakistani descent arrested.

Lest we forget that Pakistan Taliban already took credit.

NEW YORK - Authorities arrested a suspect in the attempted weekend car bombing in Times Square, NBC News' justice correspondent Pete Williams reported early Tuesday morning.

A U.S. citizen of Pakistani descent, Shahzad Faisal, was arrested Monday night on Long Island, Williams reported. WNBC's Jonathan Dienst reported that Faisal was picked up at JFK airport.

Earlier, an official told The Associated Press that the potential suspect recently traveled to Pakistan. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because the case was at a sensitive stage.

The officials said the man was a Connecticut resident who paid cash weeks ago for the SUV parked in Times Square on Saturday and rigged with a crude propane-and-gasoline bomb.

NBC's Williams reported the man's name was on an e-mail that was sent to the seller of the car last month, as well as other evidence suggesting he had a role in the attempted bombing.

Meanwhile, the Washington Post reported on Monday that an FBI-led terrorism task force has taken over the investigation of the failed car bombing in Times Square because of indications it was connected to international terrorism, a senior law enforcement source said.

The probe had been overseen by the New York Police Department. Responsibility for it shifted to a Joint Terrorism Task Force as Obama administration officials said the incident increasingly appears to have been coordinated by more than one person in a plot with international links, the Post reported on its Web site.

The White House, according to the Post, intensified its focus on the failed bombing Saturday in New York City, in which explosives inside a Nissan Pathfinder were set ablaze but failed to detonate at the busy corner of Broadway and 45th Street. Emerging from a series of briefings, several officials told the Post it was too early to rule out any motive but said the sweeping investigation was turning up new clues.

Sold for cash
A law enforcement official says the registered owner of the SUV used in the botched bombing told investigators he sold it for cash three weeks ago.

The official told The Associated Press that the Connecticut owner questioned Sunday about what happened to the SUV says he sold the vehicle to a stranger.

Officials continued to look into the history of the vehicle as one way to crack the case. The vehicle identification number had been removed from the Pathfinder's dashboard, but it was stamped on the engine and axle, and investigators used it to find the owner of record.

Investigators tracked the license plates to a used auto parts shop in Stratford, Conn., where they discovered the plates were connected to a different vehicle.

They also spoke to the owner of an auto sales shop in nearby Bridgeport because a sticker on the Pathfinder indicated the SUV had been sold by his dealership. Owner Tom Manis said there was no match between the identification number the officers showed him and any vehicle he sold.

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[VerbotenDingleberry]

Bloomberg isn't stupid enough to believe this but he *is* a rotton enough bastard to say it.

November.

[smileytrucker]

OF COURSE ITS SOMEONE WHO IS AGAINST THIS ADMINISTRATION .. I mean after all Time Square is the secret place for all political leaders go as a substitute for the white house right? What an IDIOT!

[bvs1216]

It can be anybody really if you think about it, even a Christian for all we know look, Islam is a peaceful religion with a tiny fraction that espouses violence, I think, Jane, that the rednecks who belong to the Tea Party are a much bigger threat to our way of life, they are bigots and they support fascism that's a fact Jane

[drainocleanser]

Mayor Bloom-BERG ... That filthy Kikeasaurus piece of shit

[Mrcastleskeep]

This seems a thinly veiled attempt at making the general public the enemy of the state if they disagree with govern-mental policy. That's what the war on terror is about at home.

[cane1sniper]

Nice work "DICK" Tracy!

Do you have any more Hot Leads for the public's safety Kojak?

[celticsphan]

Observe the way Katie Couric prompts him with the "home grown" angle. Pathetic.

[BebeBebe321]

"It could be anything" except of course islamo-fascists.

Isn't that right Ground Zero Jihad Mosque supporter.

[hammerheadrock]

mentally deranged, yes muslim....home grown, only if you live in pakistan !

[IranContraScumDid911]

@IranContraScumDid911 We can only imagine the billions that scumbag traitor country Pakiscum gets for all this. We pay them billions and Americans (Faisal is a dual citizen, thanks Bush) still travel there and train to kill Americans? This is the story. We have paid them hundreds of billions since 9/11 and this is the best they can do? Release a couple Taliban videos (ISI releases) and allow terrorists to arrive in Kirachi for everywhere? Pakistan is not a free country, it is 100% closed, SO how

[IranContraScumDid911]

@IranContraScumDid911 Turns out Bloomy is doing a horrible job running the city and they are going bankrupt. He schedules 2000 NYPD jobs to be cut or get pink slips, almost half are subway agents. This Faisal guy pulls it of with perfect timing, a week later would not have worked. Immediately They run up to Washington with Mr. Terrormaster Peter King and get a security stimulus package from the Taxpayer that saves those 2000+ NYPD jobs. Faisal was a lucky blessing to 2000 families and Bloomy.