James Jay Carafano of the Heritage Foundation has rounded up some instances of U.S. terrorist conspiracies thwarted since 9/11, either by law enforcement or alert individuals. I have edited the list a bit for clarity and consistency:
Richard Reid, December 2001
Jose Padilla, May 2002
Lackawanna Six, September 2002
Iyman Faris, May 2003
Virginia "Paintball Jihad" network, June 2003
Dhiren Barot, August 2004
James Elshafay and Shahawar Matin Siraj, August 2004
Yassin Aref and Mohammed Hossain, August 2004
Umer Hayat and Hamid Hayat, June 2005
Levar Haley Washington, Gregory Vernon Patterson, Hammad Riaz Samana, and Kevin James, August 2005
Michael C. Reynolds, December 2005
Mohammad Zaki Amawi, Marwan Othman El-Hindi, Zand Wassim Mazloum, February 2006
Syed Haris Ahmed and Ehsanul Islam Sadequee, April 2006
Sears Tower plot, June 2006
Assem Hammoud, July 2006
Heathrow liquid explosives plot, August 2006
Fort Dix plot, May 2007
JFK plot, June 2007
Comment: (1) It's a good start but this list is clearly incomplete. Off the top of my head, I can think of Ryan Anderson, the Portland Seven, and Tarik Shah and Mahmud Faruq Brent; plus, see all the cases I listed back in January 2003. (2) It would be useful to have a truly complete listing. (November 13, 2007)
