Army Spy Planes Not Used to Track New York Bomb Suspect

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By Kim Zetter August 17, 2010

The U.S. did not use military surveillance planes to siphon the cell phone calls of the Times Square car bomb suspect earlier this year, according to responses to FOIA requests by Threat Level.

In May, Faisal Shahzad was arrested for allegedly attempting to set off a car bomb in Times Square. The local CBS affiliate in New York reported that U.S. Army intelligence planes had been used to spy on Shahzad and help authorities capture him.

“In the end, it was secret Army intelligence planes that did in,” wrote WCBS correspondent Marcia Kramer. “Armed with his cell phone number, they circled the skies over the New York area, intercepting a call to Emirates Airlines reservations, before scrambling to catch him at John F. Kennedy International Airport.”

The detail intrigued Threat Level, as it did a number of other people who raised questions about the spy tactic and the source for the news story — WCBS didn’t attribute the information to anyone.



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