"To label this as a terrorist plot is indeed a leap, " Moore said.
British police say they foiled a terrorist plot to bomb as many as ten airliners headed for the United States.
The Justice Department was interested in the conversations of anyone who worked on a May 7, 2012, story about the CIA thwarting a terrorist plot in Yemen.
The wire service said the investigation into its records appears related to an AP story about a thwarted terrorist plot in Yemen to bomb an airplane bound for the United States.
News of the letters came around the same time as the April 15 Boston Marathon bombing, leading to initial speculation that the two acts were part of a coordinated terrorist plot.
When Mr Brown took over, his calm handling of incidents as varied as a terrorist plot and summer floods raised hopes that he could at least run a competent if uninspiring government.
The role of the Indian team captain is played by Salil Ankola. a former real-life fast bowler for India, and the television reporter who uncovers the terrorist plot, is played by well-known film actress, Sonali Kulkarni.
"Every time a terrorist plot is averted, we breathe a sigh of relief because this is our home and this is our country, too, and we don't want to see it come to any harm, " CAIR's Shamsi said.
The President directed U.S. intelligence and law enforcement agencies and the Department of Homeland Security to take steps to ensure the safety and security of the American people and to determine whether these threats are a part of any additional terrorist plot.
The five were detained on Friday on the orders of French anti-terrorist judges as part of an inquiry into a suspected plot to launch attacks in Strasbourg in December 2000, and were still being questioned in Strasbourg, a police source told Reuters.
After closed-door briefings on Capitol Hill with the FBI and other law enforcement officials, lawmakers said earlier this week that it appeared so far that the brothers were radicalized via the Internet instead of by direct contact with any terrorist groups, and that the older brother was the driving force in the bomb plot.
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