the associations and affiliations that faisal shahzadof has until now, there are some loose associations with the pakistani taliban. the start the season seems to be with the army of mohammad. it shows the witch's brew of militant groups under the pakistani taliban umbrella. there are these old school jihadi groups that have radicalized in recent years. host: baltimore, maryland. you are next, keith, on our independent line. caller: i would like to ask the question about the whole problem of the middle east and how it might stem fromhe fact that the united states backs up all of the dictators. they do it in the name of oil. that is the real problem. every time there is a leader that wants to share resources, the cia and the unite states for oil all the plans for that. guest: it is a great question. pakistan does not have oil. what some of the military leaders have offered, and that have been an influencing factor has been the pception of stability. the army chief that took power in 1999, and only recourse power in the summer of 2008, he held power for so long largely because of u.s. supp

then we realized an fbi surveillance team had lost track of faisal shahzadof for several hours. response has generally been positive. you have to applaud the work of the fbi investigators who have been able to track this guy down in such a short amount of time. immediately jumping to the notion that he was a lone wolf and this was an isolated incident was obviously premature. but i think the response from the administration was to calm the public. host: here is eric holder talking about the address. -- talking about the incident. >> terrorists are still plotting to kill americans. in february, the chief participant in the plot to bomb the new york city subway system pleaded guilty to terrorism violations. less than two weeks ago, we secured another guilty plea from his co-conspirators and revealed the role of a senior al qaeda leader in ordering the plot. three others have also been charged as a result of our investigation. these attempted attacks are stark reminders of the threat that we face as a nation and that we must confront. for the department of justice and our partners