Below The Beltway

Faisal Shahzad has appeared in Federal Court and been charged with five counts related to the attempted Times Square bombing:
The criminal complaint charging Mr. Shahzad says that after his arrest he admitted attempting to detonate the bomb in Times Square and told investigators that he recently received bomb-making training in Waziristan.
The detailed 10-page document tracks [...]

According to Reuters:
(Reuters) – The Pakistani-American arrested on suspicion of driving a bomb-laden car into New York’s Times Square told U.S. authorities he acted alone but sceptical investigators are looking into his recent trip to Pakistan, a law enforcement source said on Tuesday.
Faisal Shahzad, a naturalized U.S. citizen born in Pakistan, was arrested late on [...]

Just a little more than forty-eight hours after it started, the investigation into the Times Square bombing attack yielded its first arrest:
Federal agents and police detectives arrested a Connecticut man, a naturalized United States citizen from Pakistan, shortly before midnight Monday for driving a car bomb into Times Square on Saturday evening in what turned [...]

Less than forty-eight hours after it began, the investigation into the attempted attack on Times Square seems to be moving forward quickly:
Federal authorities are closing in on the man they say is a person of interest in the Times Square car bomb attempt this weekend, who is described as a naturalized American citizen who hails [...]

The Washington Post is reporting that investigators seem to be looking at an overseas plot tied to the attempt to bomb Times Square:
The failed car bombing in Times Square increasingly appears to have been coordinated by several people in a plot with international links, Obama administration officials said Tuesday.
The disclosure, while tentative, came [...]