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How Times Square Bomber Saved Mother's Day

Max Fisher 27 Views May 10, 2010
When Pakistan-born U.S. citizen Faisal Shahzad drove a car bomb into Times Square, the failed attack may have raised dark questions about low-level terror attacks, set in motion a fraught debate over stripping Americans of citizenship, and possibly led the U.S. military to launch a legally dubious domestic spy-plane mission. But there's good news, too!

I'd like to thank Faisal Shahzad for getting me out of taking my 
mom to a Broadway show this Mother's Day

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