WI 2006 Transatlantic Liquid Bomb Plot succeeded?

The American civilian populace collectively soils itself, and demands that action of some sort be taken. Congress immediately passes Patriot Act 2: Orwellian Boogaloo, giving the state yet more overarching surveillance powers. Actual security improves marginally. Also, an effort is made to find out if any governments supported the attacks, possibly resulting in a 3rd war on top of Iraq and Afghanistan.
 
The American civilian populace collectively soils itself, and demands that action of some sort be taken. Congress immediately passes Patriot Act 2: Orwellian Boogaloo, giving the state yet more overarching surveillance powers.

The failure here has been British though. If, like, OTL Blair knew about it but hesitated, expect a serious schism in American-British relations and possibly Blair's resignation one year early. The Terrorism Act is likely to pass through Parliament much more easily in the wake of this, and it might even go further in its anti-terrorism measures.
 
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