Eric Holder, the US attorney general, was even more explicit about the Times Square episode: “We know that they (the Pakistan Taliban) helped direct it. And I suspect that we are going to come up with evidence that they helped to finance it.
美国司法部长埃里克·霍尔德对时代广场事件的态度更加直截了当： “我们知道他们（巴基斯坦塔利班）参与了此次活动的策划。 我甚至怀疑我们能拿到证据证明他们提供了部分资助。 他们密切参与了这项阴谋。”