Umar Farouk Abdul Mutallab

Conservative Vigilantes: Please Exercise Your Right to Silence

David Coleman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Joe Lieberman should be ashamed of his assertion that a law can be passed to strip people of constitutional rights after they are apprehended and charged.

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University College London: We Will Investigate Radicalism

AP | RAPHAEL G. SATTER | Posted 05.25.2011

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LONDON — The British university attended by the man alleged to have attacked a Detroit-bound airliner on Christmas Day said Monday it would inve...

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Obama Calls on Conan O'Brien to Offer Support

Nathan Harden | Posted 05.25.2011

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Hi Conan. Yeah, it's me. And please, call me Barack. I've been watching the news, and I see it isn't going so well for you. So I've called to offer my support -- from one "O" to another. You feel me?

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Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab Was Secular When He Arrived In Yemen

Reuters | Posted 05.25.2011

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SANAA (Reuters) - A young Nigerian man charged with trying to blow up a U.S. plane on Christmas Day was not deeply religious when he arrived in Yemen ...

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Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, Terror Suspect Studied In Dubai This Year

AP | JON GAMBRELL | Posted 05.25.2011

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LAGOS, Nigeria — A young Nigerian man who allegedly tried to bring down a trans-Atlantic flight broke off contact with his worried parents only ...

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Over Detroit Skies

Roey Rosenblith | Posted 05.25.2011

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I was on my third in-flight movie when the screaming started. That was when my fellow passenger Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab decided to ignite his explosives 19 rows ahead of me.

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White House: Obama Actively Monitoring Flight 253 Situation

Posted 05.25.2011

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Peter Baker of the New York Times just sent out this pool report with a statement from White House spokesman Bill Burton regarding the attempted terro...

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Flip Side of Intelligence Failure -- Poor Response

Christine Negroni | Posted 05.25.2011

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Listening to the stories of several passengers, its clear in the first few hours after the removal of Mr. Mutallab from the airplane, some basic safety precautions were not taken.

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Yemen: US Should Have Warned Us About Umar Faruk Abdulmutallab, Airline Bomber

AP | AHMED AL-HAJ and DONNA ABU-NASR | Posted 05.25.2011

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SAN'A, Yemen — Officials in Yemen were investigating Tuesday whether the Nigerian suspected in the attempted Christmas Day attack on a U.S. airl...

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David Gregory Gets Tougher: His Expression Says It All

Carol Felsenthal | Posted 05.25.2011

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On the Sunday after Umar Farouk Abdul Mutallab attempted to blow a hole in the side of Northwest Flight 253, the old Gregory was back: impatient, irritable, shorn of his mushy style.

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Abdulmutallab Was In U.S. Database, But Not Official Terror Watch List Or No-Fly List

AP | EILEEN SULLIVAN and DEVLIN BARRETT | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — A popping noise, an odor, then flames. What sounded like firecrackers was the climax of a failed attempt by a suspected terrorist ...

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What They Aren't Telling You About the Undie Bomber (WATCH)

Lee Camp | Posted 05.25.2011

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Delta's Flight 253 Passengers Get Travel Vouchers From Delta After Foiled Terror Plot

AP | HARRY R. WEBER | Posted 05.25.2011

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ATLANTA — Delta Air Lines Inc. is offering travel credits to passengers on the Amsterstam-to-Detroit flight that a suspected terrorist tried and...

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LAX Among Airports Hit by New Security Overreaction

Charles Feldman | Posted 05.25.2011

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A Christmas Day alleged attempt to blow up a Delta-Northwest jet from Amsterdam to Detroit resulted in a hasty regrouping by security officials. But do their latest measures make any sense?

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Jasper Schuringa, Northwest Plane 'Hero,' Wants Money For More Interviews After CNN Licenses Cell Image

Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jasper Schuringa, the Northwest flight passenger who reportedly subdued Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, appeared on CNN Saturday for an interview with Fred...

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Melinda Dennis, Northwest Flight 253 Passenger, Describes Attempted Terror Attack (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

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Melinda Dennis, one of the passengers on Northwest Airlines Flight 253, the plane that was the scene of an attempted terror attack on Christmas day, s...

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Jon Stewart Returns To Air, Skewers Underwear Bomber, Airline Security (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Dan Abramson | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jon Stewart returned from holiday break last night and didn't miss a beat. Gift-wrapped for him was the Underwear Bomber, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, a...

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Ridge: Terror Suspect Doesn't Deserve Constitution's 'Full Range Of Protections'

CNN | Posted 05.25.2011

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The man who allegedly lit an explosive on board a U.S.-bound international flight deserves none of the constitutional protections afforded American ci...

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Terrorism Hysteria

Malou Innocent | Posted 05.25.2011

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In times of terrorism, the first casualty is American values. The Obama administration must counter its impulse to overreact to this recent terrorist incident.

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Christmas Day Terrorist To Be Charged

AP | DEVLIN BARRETT and EILEEN SULLIVAN | Posted 05.25.2011

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DETROIT (AP)-- Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab (OO-mahr fah-ROOK ahb-DOOL-moo-TAH-lahb), a 23-year-old Nigerian man who claimed ties to al-Qaida, was charge...

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Crotch Bomber's Missing Passport

Alexia Parks | Posted 05.25.2011

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Transparency in government is important if we are to shift priorities from funding the industry of war to meeting human needs.

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GOP Seeks Political Gain In Obama's Response To Failed Terror Attack

The Washington Post | Philip Rucker | Posted 05.25.2011

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Republicans are jumping on President Obama's response to the attempted Christmas Day bombing of a U.S. airliner as the latest evidence that Democrats ...

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The Unfriendly Skies

Chez Pazienza | Posted 05.25.2011

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The only way to truly keep us truly safe while flying a commercial airliner would be to put us all through body scanners, then have us fly in our underwear.

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Lieberman: The United States Must Pre-Emptively Act In Yemen

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

Sen. Joseph Lieberman, (I-Conn) a renowned hawk and one of the foremost champions of the invasion of Iraq, warned on Sunday that the United States fac...

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Umar Farouk Abdul Mutallab: US Knew Suspect May Have Terrorist Ties, AP Reports

AP | EILEEN SULLIVAN | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON An official briefed on the attack on a Detroit airliner said Saturday the U.S. has known for at least two years that the suspect in the att...

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