The FBI just arrested a Somali born teenager who wanted to detonate a bomb in Portland, Oregon. I'm kind of surprised at how much we know about the plot already. This young man contacted somebody in Pakistan who put him in touch with another man. This second man, an FBI informant/agent, was supposed to have information on how to make a bomb. The FBI sting was elaborate. The FBI proved the bomb was real. They took the young man to some deserted portion of Oregon and detonated a similar device.

If you listen to the mainstream media, they would have us convinced that Barack Obama loves terrorists. It appears that nothing could be further from the truth. The Obama administration has been outstanding, so far, at combating these terrorist threats. I'm still worried about the guys that we haven't caught. They guys that aren't stupid. The guys that are trying to stay under the radar.

Kudos, congratulations and a high five to the FBI. The FBI has been much maligned about their counterterrorism prowess. They've dropped the ball on the number of occasions. They seem to be getting their act together.

From NYT:

The terrorism attempt was the latest is a string of plots since last year involving Americans or immigrants who had become radicalized, often through exposure to extremist Web sites. In May, a Pakistani-born American was arrested in the plotting of a car bomb attack in Times Square, and later pleaded guilty.

But in contrast to that plan, which the authorities learned about only at the last minute, the F.B.I. had been tracking Mr. Mohamud since 2009 and his planning unfolded under the scrutiny and even assistance of undercover agents, officials said.

The F.B.I.’s surveillance started in August 2009 after agents intercepted his e-mails with a man he had met in Oregon who had returned to the Middle East, according to a law enforcement official who described the man as a recruiter for terrorism. According to the affidavit, the man had moved to Yemen and then northwest Pakistan, a center of terrorism activity. (more...)