Friend: Suspect in ambassador plot 'no mastermind'

[FarCenter]

ROUND ROCK, Texas — A friend of a former used car dealer accused of plotting to assassinate Saudi Arabia's ambassador to the United States says he never thought of his one-time business partner as politically motivated, much less a key player in a potential terrorist act.

Manssor Arbabsiar was known as "Jack" to his friends because his name was too hard to pronounce, said David Tomscha, who briefly owned a used car lot with him in the Texas Gulf Coast city of Corpus Christi. Tomscha said his friend was likable, albeit a bit lazy.

"He's no mastermind," Tomscha told The Associated Press on Tuesday. "I can't imagine him thinking up a plan like that. I mean, he didn't seem all that political. He was more of a businessman."

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44877505/ns/us_news-security/

[Romulox]

1. This whole set up stinks. Not buying it. nt

[Raster]

4. And you should not. This smells of yet another home-grown USA....

...TERRA TERRA TERRA slop job. Long on panic and innuendo, very short on actual substance.

[EFerrari]

2. It's time to reform the Federal Bureau of Instigation. n/t

[avaistheone1]

3. Long overdue imo.

K&r

[southmost]

5. local tv has sure been trying its best to hype this up

sure is fishy to me