Yesterday I talked about some of the terror plots against New York City.
Representative Peter King has called for law enforcement to focus on radical Muslim
communities and put aside what is “politically correct.” He believes we face a major
threat from Islamic terrorism and talked about 16 terror threats against New York since
September 11, 2001.

I took the time to investigate some of these threats and yesterday described many
of those that took place a few years after 9/11. Here are some others that have taken place
in just the last few years.

One plot to place a suitcase bomb in a Long Island Railroad car involved a
man who traveled from Long Island to Pakistan. He drew maps of Long Island and the
railroad and its tunnels with the intent of causing the most damage.

In 2009 four men placed what they believed were functioning bombs outside
Jewish targets in the Bronx. A government informant supplied them with an inert missile
system and fake explosives.

During that same time, three individuals planned to set off bombs in the subway
during rush hour in celebration of the 8th anniversary of 9/11. The plot was thwarted
through an intelligence tip. Two who pleaded guilty are awaiting sentencing; the third is
already serving a life sentence for other plots.

In 2010, Faisal Shahzad attempted to detonate a car bomb in Times Square. He
pleaded guilty and has been sentenced to life in prison. The next year NYPD arrested
a man and woman planning on attacking a synagogue. And that same year a man was
arrested for plotting to detonate bombs in and around New York City.

A year later a man on a student visa was arrested for attempting to remotely
detonate what he believed to be a bomb placed in front the Federal Reserve Bank.
That same year two brothers from Pakistan also tried to bomb popular New York City
landmarks.

These, of course, are just the terror plots that have been in the news. All of them
are a reminder of the threat we still face.