Who is Faisal Shahzad? Clues to Times Square bomber’s past
Fascinating details are emerging on Faisal Shahzad, the Pakistan-born, U.S. citizen who authorities say confessed on Tuesday to an attempted terror attack in New York City’s Times Square. Michael Schmidt, reporter for our partner The New York Times, joins us with some insight into Shahzad’s life.
Michael Schmidt looks back at Shahzad’s journey from Pakistan into the United States, where he got an advanced education, started a family, worked during the dot-com boom, and was ultimately arrested for trying to set off a bomb in Times Square.
Read the profile in today’s New York Times
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