How do you pat yourself for a job you didn't do? That's how:
http://www.newsweek.com/id/237413
If ever there was an urgent need for spin, this was it. After missing their beat, the US security authorities quickly got Newsweek's Christopher Dickey to reassure their public that what they infact successfully did is "psych out" the terrorists thus neutralizing the threat beforehand. Once psyched, any terrorist-at-large is of no further harm and can be trusted to plant bombs that can only fizzle. The suspect, Faisal Shahzad's Times Square car-bombing attempt must then be a demonstration of the mind-control powers the US agencies posses over such hapless terrorist wannabes.
Meanwhile the Indian media's own juvenile India vs. Pakistan one-up-man-ship innuendo contest has spilled into this case too. The US Federal Attorney prosecuting the case against Faisal Shahzad, a Pakistan-born US citizen will be the Indian-born US citizen Preet Bharara. Will it be Gadar all over again?
http://www.hindustantimes.com/americas/Indian-American-Bharara-to-lead-prosecution-of-Faisal-Shahzad/539647/H1-Article1-539715.aspx
Update, 6th May 3:30 PM:
Continuing in the spirit of taking credit for events that are out of our control: A few hours after I put up the original post I see that Newsweek Magazine has been put out for sale by Washington Post Co. - its owner for the past 39 years. US agencies aren't the only ones with powers!
http://www.newsweek.com/id/237401
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