Pakistani Taliban helped direct Times Square plot

" Brennan said, Bouncers Elephant "They'r try to find vulner in our defenses. note the attempt have been "unsophisticated."

" Attornei Gener Eric Holder said,"The evid that we have now develop show the Pakistani Taliban direct thi plot. describ the investig into suspect Faisal Shahzad dure an appear on NBC' "Meet the Press."

we know thei help direct it,"W know that thei help facilit it. and I suspect we'r go to come up with evid that show thei help to financ it," Holder said.

the assist to the presid for counterterror and homeland security,John Brennan. told CNN' "State of the Union" that the Pakistani Taliban -- also known as Tehrik-e-Taliban, or TTP -- is close alli with al Qaeda. The group ha pledg to carri out attack outsid of central Asia, includ the Unite States, Brennan said Sunday.

Shahzad ha been charg in the Mai 1 attempt bomb in Time Square.

two dai after he allegedli attempt to set off a car bomb in Time Square. The bomb fail to detonateH wa arrest while try to fly out of New York on Mondai night..

follow the fail bomb of a U.S. airlin on Christma DayIt wa the second case in the past six month of a bungl terrorist attack in the Unite States..

Brennan said U.S. counterterror effort had degrad the abil of group such as al Qaeda and the Taliban to launch success attacks.