Sleeper Cell

FOX News reports that the airplane bombing plot was infiltrated by an undercover British agent. The cell had "planned to stage a dry-run within two days, with the actual attack expected just days after that". In the television series Sleeper Cell, where the plot has many similarities to the real terrorist plot, the cell was rounded up with much less time on the clock.

HBO's The Wire is another show to watch. The third season should help anyone understand the necessity of the NSA program and how it relates to arrests of terror suspects with hoards of prepaid cell phones.