Is Faisal Shahzad crazy?
By Justin Raimondo Amid all the media coverage of the Times Square Fizzler, Faisal Shahzad, we still know very little about the circumstances surrounding his actions. As Rachel Maddow helpfully pointed out on MSNBC Wednesday night, all those leaks about his alleged “links” to the Pakistani Taliban, and other “news” stories purporting to tell U.S. what he’s told investigators, are unsourced, often single-sourced, and subject to the agendas of various factions who want to put their “spin” on the failed attack. What we do know is this: his father, Baharul Haq, is a retired Pakistan air force officer, a former top official of the civil aviation agency, and that the family is “liberal” and secular. He had lived and worked in the U.S. for years, become a naturalized U.S. citizen, and was employed by Elizabeth Arden, the cosmetics company, and also by the Affinion Group, based in Connecticut, as a financial consultant. He bought a house that was later foreclosed on, and sent his wife to Pakis
