Arrests In Pakistan Come As Times Square Bomber Starts Talking

With Shahzad Faisal now in custody and set to be charged, the Times Square car bomber is talking – and arrests are taking place in Pakistan.

We first heard it was one man, than another, and now as many as eight who have been arrested, with the implication they are taking place because of Faisal.

Fox News was the first to report on the arrest in Pakistan, just after 12:30pmET (MSNBC was about 10 minutes later and CNN another 10 minutes after that). An FNC interview between Megyn Kelly and Michael Balboni, former Homeland Security adviser for New York, furthered the story. Said Balboni: “There is a suspicion that at least two of the individuals arrested in Pakistan are related to him and may have provided support or training in some way shape or form.”

As news continues to break on this story, cable news as a whole becomes invaluable for disseminating the most up-to-date information. And the reason the story is so fluid is because the government, from New York to the national level, is acting incredibly quickly. As Shepard Smith noted during Studio B on Fox News, “Everyone who’s looked at all the facts is very impressed.” (Well, everyone except his colleague Peter Johnson, Jr. apparently, and if history is any indication, likely others at Fox News and on the right).

Here’s Kelly’s interview with Balboni from the 1pmET hour:

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