BRITISH INTELLIGENCE HELPED CRACK A TERROR PLOT AGAINST AMERICA - AT 7:45 P.M. ET:  Maybe Barney Frank (see story just below) should read this piece from London's Telegraph before giving military advice:

British spies have foiled a terrorist plot by a suspected al Qaeda operative to blow up the New York subway.

The plan, which reportedly would have been the biggest attack on America since 9/11, was uncovered after Scotland Yard intercepted an email.

The force alerted the FBI, who launched an operation which led to airport shuttle bus driver Najibullah Zazi, 24, being charged with conspiracy to use weapons of mass destruction.

The Afghan is alleged to have been part of a group who used stolen credit cards to buy components for bombs including nail varnish remover.

The chemicals bought were similar to those used to make the 2005 London Tube and bus explosives which killed 52 people.

Zazi, from Denver, Colorado, is understood to have been given instructions by a senior member of al Qaeda in Pakistan over the internet.

COMMENT:  We stopped that one.  We didn't stop the massacre at Fort Hood, which is looking more and more like an act of terror, even if it was self-generated terror influenced by an ideology.

And yet, there are congressmen who think that all we can do is fix bridges in their districts.  Shame.

November 9, 2009