Ailsa Chang

Faisal Shahzad, the Pakistani-born American citizen who attempted to blow up a car in Times Square, pleaded guilty yesterday to ten terror-related charges. “I want to plead guilty 100 times over,” said Shahzad in Manhattan federal court. He went on to describe his training in Pakistan and the events leading up to the attempted bombing.

We talk with WNYC reporter Ailsa Chang, who was in the courtroom.

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The man charged with the failed car bomb attack in Times Square pleaded guilty on Monday to all 10 terror-related charges against him.

Faisal Shahzad, a Pakistan-born U.S. citizen, nodded calmly and cordially during the entire one-hour court proceeding as Judge Miriam Goldman Cedarbaum read each ...

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More than 30 people in New York have been charged in connection with mortgage-fraud scams as part of a nationwide federal crackdown dubbed "Operation Stolen Dreams."

Preet Bharara, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced charges Thursday in eight separate cases, with ...

More than 30 people have been arrested for stealing millions of dollars through an identity theft scheme that stretched from Staten Island to Fort Hood, Texas.

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Most of the terror suspects in the Southern District of New York end up with a lawyer who gets paid by the government.

“As a general rule, terror defendants don’t have any money, so they’re not in a position to retain counsel,” says Ron Kuby, a ...

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More than 30 people have been arrested for stealing millions of dollars through an identity theft scheme that stretched from Staten Island to Fort Hood, Texas. Police Commissioner Ray Kelly says most of the suspects are Nigerians living on Staten Island who stole personal information ...

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Accused Times Square bomber Faisal Shahzad has delayed his second court appearance to give his defense lawyers more time to negotiate. These attorneys are part of a defense bar in the Southern District of New York helping to define new law in the modern era ...

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Robert Precht still remembers the night someone accused him of helping terrorists murder more people. He was riding the subway after a disturbing day at trial. A photo of a dead pregnant woman had made the jury cry that afternoon. The explosion inside the garage ...

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Syed Hashmi, a former Brooklyn College student, has been sentenced to 15 years in prison after pleading guilty in late April to one count of conspiring to provide material support to al-Qaida.

Hashmi, 30, admitted that while he was a graduate student in London, he was ...

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Two New Jersey men accused of planning to join a terrorist group in Somalia appeared in federal court in Newark Monday, where they were charged with conspiracy to kill, maim and kidnap persons outside the U.S.

Much of the evidence against them revolves around taped conversations ...

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New Jersey's Supreme Court is considering whether a Tea Party group can try to remove Sen. Robert Menendez from office through a recall vote.

In oral arguments Tuesday, a lawyer for the Committee to Recall Robert Menendez said states have the power to decide whether federal ...

One goal of mine when I went to the courthouse for the appearance of suspected Times Square bomber Faisal Shahzad was to hear how he pronounces his own name. There's been some debate in the public sphere, and in the WNYC newsroom, about this. But all Shahzad said was "yes" ...

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The man accused of driving a car bomb into Times Square has finally been appointed a lawyer -- after spending two weeks in custody while cooperating with federal investigators. It was an accident of timing that landed Shahzad's file in Julia Gatto's lap on Tuesday, ...

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Faisal Shahzad, the man accused of driving a car bomb into Times Square, appeared in court Tuesday for the first time since his May 3 arrest.

He walked in quietly dressed in a grey sweatshirt and sweatpants. His hair was a bit longer than it has ...

Governor David Paterson is not ruling out layoffs as a way to get savings from the state's workforce after a federal judge last week blocked the governor's plan to furlough workers one day a week.

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Gov. David Paterson is not ruling out layoffs as a way to get savings from the state's workforce after a federal judge last week blocked the governor's plan to furlough workers one day a week.

The state is facing a $9.2 billion deficit and Paterson says ...

When American citizen Faisal Shahzad was arrested for the attempted car bombing of Times Square this month, some politicians, like Sen. John McCain, said he shouldn’t have been read his Miranda rights. And this week, Attorney General Eric Holder announced he plans to ask Congress to change the ...

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When American citizen Faisal Shahzad was arrested for the attempted car bombing of Times Square this month, some politicians, like Sen. John McCain, said he shouldn’t have been read his Miranda rights. And this week, Attorney General Eric Holder announced he plans to ask Congress ...

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Investigators from the National Transportation Safety Board say they still cannot determine what caused a Staten Island ferry to slam into a pier Saturday morning, injuring nearly 40 passengers. WNYC's Ailsa Chang has more.

REPORTER: Board member Robert Sumwalt said right now, they're not ruling anything ...

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Speaking Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press” and ABC’s “This Week,” U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said last Saturday's failed car bombing attempt in New York City’s Times Square was orchestrated by the Pakistani Taliban. Holder said mounting evidence shows that the group directed, facilitated ...