Any reports on source of Shahzad's cash?

[elfin]

Other than his saying to neighbors he "worked on Wall Street" -- I haven't heard of any actual job description.

He paid CASH for the SUV and for the Dubai ticket, yet had a house in foreclosure.

Maybe he brought it back from Pakistan?

Not a single news report has mentioned the money angle as far as I have seen.

[SteppingRazor]

1. I imagine the guy that was just arrested in Pakistan has something to do with that.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/05/04/tausif-ahmed-arrested-in_n_562778.html

[grasswire]

2. excellent point

follow the dollar.

[DURHAM D]

3. I assume you are aware that some arrests were made in Pakistan.

CNN has it online.

Could easily be the money source.

[elfin]

5. Yes, aware of those arrests

yet didn't hear any money talk - just about "associates" helping him get to the training area.

[DJ13]

4. I think the SUV was only $1,000 (+/-) off craigslist

[DURHAM D]

6. Not that it matters but MSNBC said last night it was $1800.

I don't get the fact that it was sold without passing title. That should have been a red flag for the seller (she sold it for her dad) unless the car was not legally owned by the seller. IOWs - Perhaps it was a stolen vehicle and she didn't have title.

[brendan120678]

7. Or perhaps she had no idea...

how to properly transfer title when selling a vehicle?

From what I heard in the background noise on our local news (I'm in Connecticut) she was a younger girl - 18 or so, I thought I heard.

[Oregone]

8. A CIA contact posing as a Taliban member gave it to him in Pakistan

As well as instructions on an attack, which unbeknownst to him, wouldn't actually hurt anyone (but rather, be used as a building block to expand the war further into Pakistan)



I know all this because I stayed at a Holiday Inn last night