Bush Administration (First Term)
| Date | Target | Description | Arrest location | Suspect(s) | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 22, 2001 | American Airlines 63 | A man was put into custody after attempting to detonate a shoe bomb. | Paris to Miami | Richard Colvin Reid | Serving a life sentence without parole |
| May 8, 2002 | ? | A man was arrested after returning from Pakistan for allegedly attempting to build a dirty bomb. | Chicago, Illinois | José Padilla | Sentenced to 17 years in prison |
| September 2002 | ? | A group of six Yemeni-Americans were arrested for allegedly providing material support for al-Qaeda and running a terrorist cell in Buffalo | Buffalo, New York | Lackawanna Six | Each sentenced to 10 years of prison or less |
| March 13, 2003 | Brooklyn Bridge | A man was arrested and accused of giving aid to al-Qaeda and attempting to destroy the Brooklyn Bridge | Columbus, Ohio | Iyman Faris | Sentenced to 20 years in Prison |
| June 2003 | ? | Eleven members of the Virginia Jihad Network were arrested and accused of training for holy war around the globe. | Northern Virginia | Ali al-Timimi, Ali Asad Chandia, et al. | All sentenced to 20 or less years in prison |
| August 2004 | New York Stock Exchange, World Bank, International Monetary Fund, | Security in the United States was put on high alert after a plot surfaces. to destroy the New York Stock Exchange and other financial institutions in New Jersey and Washington. | United Kingdom | Dhiren Barot | Sentenced to life in prison |
| August 28, 2004 | Herald Square subway system | Two men were arrested after attempting to bomb the New York subway system on the day before the 2004 Republican National Convention | New York, New York | Shahawar Matin Siraj and James Elshafay | Sentenced to 30 years in prison |
| August 2004 | Pakistani diplomat | Two men were arrested at an Albany mosque after attempting to gain possession of a shoulder-fired grenade launcher to assassinate a Pakistani diplomat. | Albany, New York | Yassin Aref and Mohammed Hossain | Both sentenced to 15 years in prison |
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