SHAHZAD WAS UNDER INVESTIGATION IN 2004: THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS SCOOPS BYRON YORK, INSTAPUNDIT, THE JAWA REPORT AND STRATA-SPHERE BY A DAY

ON 5/4 - AS SOON AS IT WAS PUBLISHED (AS AN UNADDRESSED ASIDE IN A NYTIMES ARTICLE) - WE FIRST NOTICED, EXCERPTED AND QUESTIONED THE NEWS THAT SHAHZAD HAD BEEN INVESTIGATED BY THE JTTF IN 2004 - A FULL DAY BEFORE ANYONE ELSE.

George LaMonica, a 35-year-old computer consultant, said he bought his two-bedroom condominium in Norwalk, Conn., from Mr. Shahzad for $261,000 in May 2004. A few weeks after he moved in, Mr. LaMonica said, investigators from the national Joint Terrorism Task Force interviewed him, asking for details of the transaction and for information about Mr. Shahzad. It struck Mr. LaMonica as unusual, but he said detectives told him they were simply “checking everything out.

WE SCOOPED BYRON YORK BY A DAY AND INSTAPUNDIT BY A DAY!

YORK EVEN LIFTED ER UM I MEAN EXCERPTED THE SAME QUOTE WE DID... HMMM...

WE SCOOPED JAWA REPORT BY A DAY AND A HALF AND STRATA-SPHERE BY A DAY ON THIS TOO!

REGULAR READERS KNOW THAT THIS HAPPENS ALL THE TIME: WE SCOOP ALL THE BIGGIES ALL THE TIME!

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