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Eric Holder: Evidence Shows Pakistani Taliban Behind Times Sq. Bomb (VIDEO)

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Attorney General Eric Holder was a guest on This Week today, his first morning interview since last Saturday’s attempted Times Sq. bombing. The show won’t air until 10am New York time, but in an interview that was taped earlier this morning Holder told Jake Tapper that they had “developed evidence that shows that the Pakistani Taliban was behind the attack.” Updated: Video below.

“We know that they helped facilitate it. We know that they probably helped finance it. And that he was working at their direction.”

This follows a weeks of alternating reports that Shahzad had acted alone and/or had had help from international terrorist organizations. It also contradicts Gen. David Petraeusstatement on Friday that Shazhad had likely acted alone but backs up suspicions from earlier this week that Shazhad had help. We will post video of Holder’s full interview once the show airs. Update: Video of the segment below.

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  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Bill-Adkins/1585417987 Bill Adkins

    And, if this is true, we have even more evidence (as if more were needed) that the Republicans and George W. Bush screwed the pooch in Afghanistan. The Taliban, ignored because of the Blunder in Iraq, makes a come back and overshadows Al Qaeda.

  • badr

    Really, I thought the Tea Party were mixing their teabags with baking soda or something.

  • Moderate

    NBC/MSNBC and the far left wackos were hoping it was the Tea Party movement.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Bill-Adkins/1585417987 Bill Adkins

    And why not, Moderate? The Teabagger Terrorism record including Joseph Stack, John Patick Bedell and James Von Brunn made it as likely as not.

  • timzank

    Blame Bush again? I’ll give ya one thing Adkins, you and the rest of the “please, slit my throat last” crowd certainly are consistent.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Bill-Adkins/1585417987 Bill Adkins

    Ignoring the obvious again? I’ll give ya one thing, skank, you and the rest of the “please, destroy my nation because I’m a moron” crowd certainly are consistent. Bush’s blunders, the Republicans’ incompetence, make Neville Chamberlain look like a military genius.

  • http://gordonbloyershow.com gordonbloyershow

    I thought the Obama election was going to make the Taliban like us? I thought Obama was going to talk to the Taliban and that would fix things? How is that hopey changey stuff working for ya?
    Listen up folks, there is no Bill Adkins. The guy behind the phony name is a mental patient that thinks he is Napoleon. Another phony calling himself Ted is his keeper. Ted feeds him the nonsense he types in the computer.

  • badr

    Yep, Joseph Stack the Communist, John “PaticK” Bedell the Democrat, and Brunn, the Jew hater, a bunch of right wingers.

    Osama, Hussein, Abdulmutallab, Hasan, Shahzad, and many many others are actually part of a movement that this administration doesn’t even want to identify.

  • badr

    Well, the one thing that Joseph Stack the Communist, John “PaticK” Bedell the Democrat, and Brunn, the Jew hater, as well as Osama, Hussein, Abdulmutallab, Hasan, Shahzad have in common is that they are all crazy, as in violently PETA crazy. So if we all keep an eye out for crazy people like Bill Adkins we’ll all be safe.

  • timzank

    Good point Gordon, when does the love and adoration for Obambi start from the Taliban? They probably just need a “nudge” from Adkins to start their chorus of “kumbaya”.

    Funny how that hasn’t caught on yet, you’d think all the apologies from Teh One would have got us a brunch with them by now, eh?

    Bill, can ya give ‘em a call?

    Bill?

    bill?

  • timzank

    I just noticed, of the 8 stories posted this morning, 7 are about SNL, so my guess is, adkins apology e-mail to the Taliban must have gotten through. Nothing else happened overnight in the world except Betty White.

    Praise be, we are all safe now!

    Thanks bill, did you have Ayers help you with the apology wording?

  • Ted

    Gordo – I’m very sorry that you are a failed Rush Limbaugh wanna-be, but I give you credit for making shit up as you go (and of course, timzank comes back for seconds), that’s pure Limbaugh, so perhaps there’s hope.

    By the way, aren’t you at all embarrassed with the “hopey changey” commentary? Seriously, who in their right mind mimics the Paris Hilton of politics, not to mention a tea-bagging lunatic.

    Again, I look forward to (and expect) more in-depth commentary from you!!

  • felixw

    Okay they’ve shown that the Taliban is behind the bombings. But the Tea Party must be behind the Taliban. Anything else doesn’t fit the narrative.

  • blueblogger

    Children, children instead of all of the stupid back and forth saying nothing. Can’t we learn to hold an intelligent conversation on this blog. I realize most of you know each other but that is no excuse. I thought I raised you better than this!!!!

    Dan you need to check out HuffPo. They have a neat new comments section. Looks and works great!!!

  • writer

    Huff Po and intelligent conversation mentioned in the same post? And Bill, instead of just claiming it, could you offer proof that Stack was a ‘tea bagger’? We know you were crushed when it turned out the car bomber wasn’t a tea bagger, but we’d at least like to see some proof for your wild claims that the tea party is responsible for everything that happens worldwide.

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    I LOVE Gordon’s show!!!1 I listen EVERY DAY!!1 It is very SMART and ENLIGHTENING, just like his BLOG COMMENTS!!1 I am AMAZED that he has so much time to post here, since he is SUCH a big STAR!!!1

  • Jerrysays

    LOL

    Holder finally admits his Miranda warnings were foolish like he is.

  • MichelleF

    So Bill, let me see if I have this straight. Since it couldn’t be pinned on a tea-bagger, which was thoroughly depressing to you I know, it is now Bush’s fault. Do I have your position right?

  • MichelleF

    Hey Ted, I’ll take palin and her shotgun over Obama and his pals in the justice department who like to defend terrorists ANY day of the week.

  • MichelleF

    For the most part I think Tapper does a good job, but I think he really dropped the ball for not asking Holder why he was removed from the watch list.

  • Ted

    Hey Michelle – Your infatuation with Palin is painfully obvious; perhaps some day you’ll get past stupid, I’m rooting for you. As a tea-bagger I noticed that you also have a tendency to make shit up as you go. Tell me, is ignorance really bliss? Best guess?

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Bill-Adkins/1585417987 Bill Adkins

    Michelle won’t be guessing, Ted – she tell you from her own experience, bliss.

  • Jerrysays

    Bill and Ken love each other!

  • Jerrysays

    Poor liberals, always looking for a white man to blame their failures on.

  • MichelleF

    Um, tell me again what I made up? I missed that part.

  • writer

    It’s a technicality, Michelle. Bill still claims the Times Square bomber COULD have been a tea bagger, so he actually wasn’t lying. Of course, the guy COULD have been anyone, so Bill’s got it covered either way. The fact that he didn’t happen to be a tea bagger is irrelevant.

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  • vingmoo

    ROTFL< that dude is about as much of a terrorist as Mickey Mouse is real! Gimme a break!

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  • MichelleF

    vingmoo says:
    May 10, 2010 at 8:48 am
    ROTFL< that dude is about as much of a terrorist as Mickey Mouse is real! Gimme a break!

    Ok, so what is your definition of a terrorist?

  • timzank

    MichelleF…odds are pretty good guys like vingmoo don’t consider anyone a terrorist until they are successful and some folks are actually killed..and even then they’ll make excuses for the terrorist.

  • badr
  • MichelleF

    timzank says:
    May 10, 2010 at 11:11 am
    MichelleF…odds are pretty good guys like vingmoo don’t consider anyone a terrorist until they are successful and some folks are actually killed..and even then they’ll make excuses for the terrorist.

    Tim,
    I was thinking that to libs, they are only conservative people who go to church and want smaller gov’t and taxas.

  • Disfuncion

    I’m tired of these warriors. Just get the Taliban defeated them all.

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