Dirty bomb plot on Sears Tower

Since the Patriot Act is being mentioned again in the news and by the President (he says an extension is needed), I thought I would provide this tidbit of info.

The terrorist group's operations chief, Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, told interrogators that al-Qaida's follow-up attacks in the Midwest and West Coast were thwarted by the intensity of the U.S. response to the strikes on the World Trade Center in New York City and on the Pentagon.