Faisal Shahzad

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Red tape stalls New York anti-terror funding

June 4, 2010

Newsday

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"Both sides are a little right and both sides are a little wrong," said Michael Greenberger, director of the University of Maryland's Center for Health and Homeland Security.

CHHS Director: no-fly list system needs overhaul

May 6, 2010

WTOP, 103.5 FM

CHHS Director Michael Greenberger is interviewed live on WTOP radio (Washington, D.C.) to discuss lapses in the investigation of Faisal Shahzad, the man accused of attempting to detonate a homemade bomb in Times Square.

Times Square bomb suspect's near escape a sign of a "weak and failing system"

May 5, 2010

"The World," NPR

Details have emerged of how Pakistan-born Faisal Shahzad, who is suspected of plotting to bomb New York City’s Times Square, was arrested while trying to leave the US. Shahzad was allowed onto a Dubai-bound plane at JFK Airport, despite being on a no-fly list. It was only when customs agents checked passenger names 30 minutes before take-off that he was noticed and arrested.

CHHS Director: terrorists looking for anyone, anywhere to strike back

May 5, 2010

WYPR

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Michael Greenberger is a professor at the University of Maryland's School of Law. He's also the director of the school's Center for Health and Homeland Security. Greenberger says it's not accurate to think that extremists in the U.S. are all Muslims.