A Pakistani army major and catering executive were arrested in Pakistan for alleged ties to Times Square terror suspect Faisal Shahzad. Intelligence sources tell CBS that two of the six people detained so far in Pakistan have been "proud" of their ties to Shahzad and accused investigators of "siding with infidels."
The NY Times reports that the major "appeared to have been disaffected, and his involvement... did not signal the involvement of the Pakistani Army in the attack, the intelligence official said." Still, "the arrest of an officer for working surreptitiously against that policy would be considered an embarrassment for the army, which is the country’s most powerful institution." The Pakistani army has denied that the major was detained in the Shahzad case.
Catering executive Salman Ashraf Khan was arrested and the U.S. Embassy warned Americans in Pakistan not to use his company, Hanif Rajput Caterers, because "terrorist groups may have established links" to it. Khan, who was educated at the University of Houston, was described by his father as being religious but "definitely not an extremist." When asked if his son disliked the U.S., his father told the Times, "To be honest, yes. But that is common."
Shahzad, who has waived his right to a lawyer every day and continues to talk to the feds, has claimed that the Pakistan Taliban gave him money for his failed bomb.
