FBI Foils Terrorist Plots In Texas & Illinois

The chilling scene of two wannabe terrorists in Texas and Illinois trying to detonate vehicles stuffed with what they believed were powerful explosives this week is a stark reminder that the threat of terror on U.S. soil is very real.

The stings that disrupted these lethal plans were in addition to the arrest of Najibullah Zazi, the 24-year-old al Qaeda member who planned to make a number of deadly bombs using beauty products and allegedly attack an unidentified target in the U.S.

"I think we still have to be concerned," former top national security aide and current ABC News consultant Richard Clarke said on "Good Morning America."

Clarke said there was an encouraging side to the trifecta of arrests.

"The good news here is that it's a rare example of all U.S. agencies working together. ... It doesn't mean we have a perfect net out there, but this time it worked," he said.

It worked well enough to prevent what could have been scenes of devastation and death.

Inside a 60-story skyscraper near Fountain Place in downtown Dallas, thousands of people went about their routine work on Thursday. Little did they know that outside the building, the FBI arrested a man who they allege was trying to kill as many people as he could.

meta4 wrote:What!!?? No mention of warrantless wiretapping which justified this arrest???

WHAT IS THIS WORLD COMING TO?