Statement by Congressman Michael McCaul (R-TX), Chair of the Homeland Security Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee and former Chief of Counter-Terrorism in the US Attorney's Office, on the terror suspect arrest in Lubbock, TX:

"Unlike the majority of terror suspects who have been apprehended in the United States, we cannot rule out the possibility that Khalid Ali-M Aldawsari may have had direct ties to al Qaeda or other international terrorist networks. Aldawsari was radicalized in the Middle East before coming to the United States. His intent to use baby dolls to conceal chemical explosives is a rare, little-known method used by Khalid Shaikh Mohammed and Ramzi Yousef in the 1995 Bojinka plot in which they planned to blow up 12 jumbo jets over the Pacific Ocean. While it is unclear whether Aldawsari had operational direction from a terrorist network, it is likely that he was in regular contact with someone either here or abroad who inspired or motivated his actions."