President Obama called NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly [yesterday] to thank him for “thwarting the terror plot that targeted the city’s subway system, police said.”
Obama expressed his “appreciation and admiration” for the NYPD’s effort in stopping the attack, sources said.
Except, there was no known plot to target the city’s subway system. The Feds have consistently said they have no evidence Nabijullah Zazi was planning an imminent attack, and if he was, where it was to take place, what he was targeting or when.
“Nothing in the bulletins references the current investigation,” a Federal Bureau of Investigation issued spokesman said Tuesday. Investigators still don’t have specific evidence indicating an imminent threat to particular targets in the alleged plot, federal officials said.
Hat Tip to Jeralyn at Talkleft for No Attack, No Problem: Just Make One Up