Underwear Bomber

White House Spin May Have Had Unintended Consequences

Reuters | Posted 05.19.2012

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* Obama adviser touted "inside control" of bomb plot * Leaks forced shutdown of operation By Mark Hosenball ...

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POLL: What Do You Really Know About The TSA?

Christopher Elliott | Posted 05.16.2012

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When it comes to the TSA, you may know less than you think.

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The Travel Detective: The Foiled Underwear Bomb Plot

Peter Greenberg | Posted 05.14.2012

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The real reason why this was a victory is that the bomb was stopped "en route," meaning that it never had a chance to be placed aboard the aircraft. It never got near an airport.

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Why Saudi Intelligence Coup In Underwear Bomb Plot Is Cause For Pause

HuffingtonPost.com | Andrea Stone | Posted 05.09.2012

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WASHINGTON -- The thwarting of an al Qaeda plot to send an underwear bomber on a U.S.-bound jetliner is more than an intelligence coup in the battle a...

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CIA, Not TSA, Is Key To Foiling Airplane Bomb Plots, Experts Say

HuffingtonPost.com | Andrea Stone | Posted 05.08.2012

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WASHINGTON -- The foiling of an al Qaeda plot to place an underwear bomber on a U.S.-bound airliner has focused attention on whether the more sophisti...

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Meet Al Qaeda's Bomb Master

AP | BRIAN MURPHY | Posted 05.08.2012

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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- Ibrahim Hassan al-Asiri has built a reputation as al-Qaida's bomb-making savant one potential near miss at time: Explos...

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Bin Laden Raid: 'Obama Made The Decision'

HuffingtonPost.com | Mike Sacks | Posted 04.29.2012

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WASHINGTON -- White House counterterrorism adviser John Brennan appeared on three separate Sunday morning programs to discuss the administration's eff...

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Family Of Underwear Bomber Shocked

AP | Posted 04.17.2012

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DETROIT (AP) — The family of a Nigerian man sentenced to life in prison for trying to destroy an international jetliner says the case brought them "...

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Underwear Bomber Sentenced To Life In Prison

Reuters | Posted 04.17.2012

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By Bernie Woodall and Deepa Seetharaman DETROIT, Feb 16 (Reuters) - A federal judge on Thursday sentenced a Nigerian man to life in pr...

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Passengers On Underwear Bomber's Flight To Speak

AP | ED WHITE | Posted 04.17.2012

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By ED WHITE -- The Associated Press A Nigerian man returned to court Thursday to be sentenced to life in prison for trying to destroy a Detroit-bou...

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New Details Emerge In Attempted Terrorist Attack

AP | By ED WHITE | Posted 03.05.2012

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DETROIT -- A Nigerian who pleaded guilty to trying to blow up a Detroit-bound plane began his path to terrorism with a text message from a top al-Qaid...

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Feds Disclose New Details From Underwear Bomber

HuffingtonPost.com | Mike Sacks | Posted 02.11.2012

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The United States on Friday submitted a memorandum to a Michigan federal judge revealing that terrorist leader Anwar al Awlaki had more direct involve...

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Underwear Bomber's Sentence Postponed

AP | By ED WHITE | Posted 01.07.2012

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DETROIT -- A judge on Friday postponed the sentencing of a Nigerian who tried to blow up a Detroit-bound airliner but said passengers who can't make t...

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Man Sues For Injuries Sustained In 2009 Underwear Bomber Attack

AP | Posted 12.22.2011

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NEW YORK -- A New York man has sued two airlines for $10 million in damages for injuries he says he incurred when he jumped on a Nigerian man who trie...

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Congressman Sees U.S. Threat In Nigerian Terrorist Attacks

HuffingtonPost.com | Andrea Stone | Posted 11.30.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Few terrorism experts would deny that a radical Islamist sect that has made a series of increasingly audacious attacks in Nigeria, inclu...

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Bachmann: Suspected Terrorists 'Don't Have Any' Rights

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 11.22.2011

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Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) came out strongly against reading suspected terrorists their Miranda rights. She criticized President Obama bowing to ...

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Senate Rejects Republican Effort To Undercut Obama On Terrorism

AP | By DONNA CASSATA | Posted 12.21.2011

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WASHINGTON -- The Senate voted early Friday to reject a Republican effort to prohibit the United States from prosecuting foreign terrorist suspects in...

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Underwear Bomber's Plea Underscores Law Enforcement's Key Role Fighting Terrorism

Daphne Eviatar | Posted 12.16.2011

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When Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab pleaded guilty last week to the attempted murder of 289 passengers, Obama's critics were notably silent. That's because his plea underscores that U.S. federal courts are the most effective place to try terrorism suspects.

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Underwear Bomber Pleads Guilty

Posted 12.12.2011

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By Ed White -- The Associated Press DETROIT – A Nigerian man pleaded guilty Wednesday to trying to blow up an international flight for al-Qaida w...

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Juror Dismissed Prior To Underwear Bomber Trial

Posted 12.06.2011

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By ED WHITE, Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — A native of Nigeria was dismissed Thursday shortly after being picked as a juror for the trial of a ...

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Underwear Bomber Said He Worked For Al Qaeda

Posted 10.26.2011

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Ed White--Associated Press DETROIT (AP) -- A Nigerian man charged with trying to blow up a Detroit-bound airliner on Christmas 2009 told authoritie...

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Al Qaeda Bomber Leaves Behind A Fingerprint

AP | ADAM GOLDMAN and MATT APUZZO | Posted 07.23.2011

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WASHINGTON — The FBI has a fingerprint and forensic evidence linking al-Qaida's top bomb maker in Yemen to a trio of explosive devices used in r...

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It's Been a Bad Week for GOP Lies About Obama

Mitchell Bard | Posted 07.07.2011

As the last week or two unfolded, I was struck by how several news events absolutely obliterated three of the top lies told by Republicans to try and bring down the president.

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Full Body Scanners, Pat-Downs, and Democracy

Lincoln Mitchell | Posted 05.25.2011

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The new airport security measures demonstrate a frightening willingness on the part of the government regulators to apply an authoritarian, and ultimately nonsensical, logic to a real, but controllable security problem.

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I Wanna Be Scanned and Groped

Andy Ostroy | Posted 05.25.2011

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Listen folks, I have some distressing news for you about full-body scans and pat downs. You're not that attractive and no one cares to see you naked. Seriously. Please put your narcissism in check. This ain't about you.

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