Confessed Times Square Terrorist Plotted On A Budget
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The confessed bomber in last weekend's Times Square plot apparently did not spend much cash on his plan.
Faisal Shahzad, 30, appears to have financed the failed plot with a stack of $100 bills.
Investigators say Shahzad spent $1,300 for a used sports utility vehicle, bought $95 worth of firecrackers and spent other small amounts for the tanks of gasoline and propane.
He also rented his Connecticut home and purchased plane tickets to and from Pakistan.
The total could add up to as little as $7,000.
A law enforcement official told the Associated Press that investigators are trying to locate a money courier they say may have helped funnel cash to Shahzad.
Investigators say they are trying to find links between Shahzad and several possible overseas financing sources.
Meanwhile, counterterrorism officials say the Times Square plot could be a sign that Pakistani militants are shifting their focus from the homefront to targets in the United States.
Officials warn the failed attack could be a first attempt by terrorists to use simpler, more independently-planned attacks.
Investigators are trying to establish whether Shahzad was recruited for the Times Square operation by a militant group or whether he came up with the attack plan himself.