Senior White House officials said that the Pakistani Taliban were behind the failed bombing of Times Square on May 1, 2010, by Faisal Shahzad, an American citizen of Pakistani descent. Faisal Shahzad, a U.S. citizen of Pakistani descent, are believed to have spent five months in Pakistan before returning to the United States in February and prepare attacks.

Shahzad has told investigators that he was trained in the lawless Waziristan tribal region, where both al-Qaeda and Pakistani Taliban operate. He was arrested on board an Emirates Airlines jet in New York just minutes before the scheduled for departure to Dubai.

John Brennan, chief counterterrorism adviser to President Obama, saying that apparently Mr. Shahzad, residents of Bridgeport, Connecticut, who spent five months in Pakistan until February to work for the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan, or TTP. The TTP is believed by some military intelligence officials to have joined al Qaeda and may hide some senior leaders, including Osama bin Laden, who is the driving force behind the attacks on 9 / 11.

“He was trained by them,” Mr. Brennan said on CBS ‘Face the Nation “”. He received funds from them. He’s here basically directed to the United States to perform this attack”. Pakistan’s conclusion that the Taliban were behind the bombing attempt, “highlighted the serious threat we face from a very determined enemy,” said Mr. Brennan on “CNN’s State of the Union.”

Regarding Pakistan Taliban, the Attorney General Eric Holder said: “We know that they help facilitate that, we know that they help to direct it, and I suspect that we’ll come up with evidence to show that they are helping to finance it .. They are closely involved in this plot. ”

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Washington expects more cooperation from Pakistan in fighting terrorism and warned of “severe consequences” if attacks on U.S. soil works and traced back to the South Asian countries.

Brennan John spoke on the CNN’s “State of the Union,” “Fox News Sunday” and CBS ‘”Face the Nation.” Eric Holder spoke on NBC’s “Meet the Press” and ABC’s “This Week.” Hillary Rodham Clinton’s interview with CBS ‘”60 Minutes” is set to air Sunday. Until now, American officials have speculated that the Taliban may have been trained in Pakistan Mr. Shahzad during his visit to Pakistan, but reports on Sunday that they are the most definitive of the role of the Taliban.