Looks like Canadian domestic spying programs worked to uncover and thwart a major terror attack planned for Toronto.

Lots of blogosphere coverage already.

I noticed something curious…

“This group took steps to acquire three tons of ammonium nitrate and other components necessary to create explosive devices,” said assistant Royal Canadian Mounted Police commissioner Mike McDonell.

and…

“The men arrested yesterday are Canadian residents from a variety of backgrounds. For various reasons, they appeared to have become adherents of a violent ideology inspired by al-Qaida,” said Luc Portelance, the assistant director of operations with CSIS — Canada’s spy agency.

and…

Officials showed evidence of bomb-making materials

and…

The Toronto Star reported today that Canadian youths in their teens and 20s…

Hmmm… 20-something men, with a group of guys from varying backgrounds, interested in explosives and trying to acquire an excessive amount of ammonium nitrate?

Sounds familiar. Maybe officials will simply determine this is a case of a bunch of “lonely kids who just wanted to stop living”.

Update: Let’s also not forget to ask our liberal friends just what it was that Canada did to the islamonutjobs to deserve this? Afterall, the Left keeps telling us it’s all America’s fault. Another liberal theory bites the dust.