From The new York Post:Federal authorities have identified a person of interest in the investigation into New York's Times Square bomb plot, described as a naturalized American citizen who recently returned from Pakistan, Fox News confirmed today.
Associated Press, quoting two law enforcement officials, reported that he is the man who purchased the SUV involved in the attempted bombing.
The person is a naturalized American citizen who was in Pakistan for several months and returned to the United States recently, investigative sources told Fox News, though the person's identity has not been made public. ABCNews.com reported that he is originally from Pakistan.
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The news came as a FBI-led task force took over the case as it became more likely that there were connections to overseas terrorism, according to the Washington Post.
The NYPD was leading the investigation before the Joint Terrorism Task Force stepped in.
Forensic evidence turned up in the Nissan Pathfinder that was found Saturday in Times Square pointed in that direction, sources told The Post. For instance, one of the bomb clocks was foreign-made.
Also, Rep. Peter King of Long Island, ranking Republican on the House Homeland Security Committee, said the investigation has turned up some evidence of foreign involvement in the failed bombing attempt.
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“It very well could be a group in this country that is connected to al Qaeda,” King told The Post.
“As the investigation is going on today … they may be coming up with something which indicates an overseas connection. I think it is something they are finding in the U.S. that could indicate some connection to overseas,” he said.
The Washington Post earlier today reported that the botched car bombing appears to have been coordinated by several individuals with foreign ties.
"Don't be surprised if you find a foreign nexus ...
They're looking at some tell-tale signs and they're saying it's pointing in that direction," a senior White House official told the Washington Post this afternoon.
But these sources told the Washington Post that this doesn't mean al-Qaeda or another terrorist group is involved.
A Pakistani-based Taliban group claimed credit for the attack in an Internet video on Sunday, but Police Commissioner Ray Kelly has said that police had no evidence to support that claim.
The possible link to foreign terrorism came during a day of rapid developments in the investigation.
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Via New York Post
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