Port Authority Jihadist Attack: Why the Rush to Civilian Court?

Andrew C. McCarthy

Intelligence agents need to know any information he has that might help us prevent another attack.

"If the New York Times is correct, it looks like Akayed Ullah, the Bangladeshi jihadist whose bomb detonated prematurely at the Port Authority Bus Terminal near Times Square during the morning rush hour, is going to be charged with terrorism crimes in civilian federal court. He’ll be prosecuted by my former office, the U.S. attorney’s office for the Southern District of New York in lower Manhattan. The SDNY will be working the Joint Terrorism Task Force (mainly the FBI and the NYPD), just as these law-enforcement agencies are working together in the case of Saifullo Saipov, the West Side Highway jihadist who killed eight people and wounded a dozen others by ramming his rental truck into them a few weeks back. Ultimately, this may be the right way to handle the case. But I do not understand the rush to bring Ullah into federal court." . . .

"The only way to keep the country safe is to obtain and exploit intelligence."

ISIS Message Two Weeks Ago Warned About ‘Christmas in New York’   "Via Fox News Insider:

As Americans were celebrating Thanksgiving, ISIS issued a cryptic message about “Christmas in New York.”

“We meet at Christmas in New York… soon,” the message stated, superimposed over an image of Santa Claus and crowds in Times Square.