Federal agents detained a man in a suburb of Boston,Massachusetts, Thursday morning, after executing search warrants connected to the failed bomb plot in New York's Times Square.

VOA: standard.2010.05.14

Counterterrorism analyst Brian Fishman of the New America Foundation says the Times Square plot is an indication that al-Qaida is either not willing or not able to deploy seasoned, well-trained operatives.

VOA: standard.2010.05.05

"You've got some people involved who have a grandiose plot for some fanatical reason to put a bomb in the center of New York, but they're not very adept at explosives or bomb-making.

VOA: standard.2010.05.05