Legal Commentary

Amsterdam-Detroit Flight Fireworks Now a Failed Terror Bomb

By Jeralyn

Earlier today the press was reporting someone set off fireworks on a flight from Amsterdam to Detroit. Now, the feds believe the man, a Nigerian living in London, was acting on behalf of al Qaida and trying to set off a bomb. The Washington Post reports:

The suspect is 23-year-old Abdul Farouk Abdulmutallab, a federal official said...Although not on the TSA's "no-fly" list, Abdulmutallab's name appears to be included in the government's records of terrorism suspects, according to a preliminary review, authorities said.

...Abdulmutallab has told federal investigators that he had ties to al-Qaeda and traveled to Yemen to collect the incendiary device and instructions on how to use it, according to a federal counterterrorism official briefed on the case. But authorities have yet to verify the claim, and they expect to conduct several more interviews before they determine whether he is credible, the official said.

Full post as published by TalkLeft on December 25, 2009 (boomark / email).