All Blog Posts from Investigative Round-Up
Exclusive: Details From Obama's Probe
Politico:
Information that would have kept a bomb off Northwest's Christmas Day flight from Amsterdam to Detroit was "vague but available" to intelligence agencies, according to officials involved in reviews ordered by President Barack Obama.
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Britain Searches For Links Between Detroit Terror Suspect And Extremists In London
LA Times:
British investigators are hunting for signs that a Nigerian terrorism suspect could have had contact with London's extremist underworld before the attempted plane bombing over Detroit on Christmas Day, counter-terrorism officials said Tuesday. (read the article>)
Q&A: 'Jet Bomber' Case
BBC:
Nigerian Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, 23, has been charged with trying to blow up a transatlantic flight from Amsterdam to the US city of Detroit. (read the article>)
Trial Lawyers Sidestep Malpractice Curbs With Blitz in Congress
Bloomberg:
U.S. Senate staff members arriving at work by subway this month were greeted by signs proclaiming that "98,000 patients may die" through medical malpractice. (read the article>)
Yemen Raids Al Qaeda Hide-Out; 1 Arrested
AP:
Yemeni security forces stormed an al Qaeda hide-out Wednesday in a principle militant stronghold in the country's west, setting off clashes, officials said, as a security chief vowed to fight the group's powerful local branch until it was eliminated. (read the article>)
E-mails Inside AIG Reveal Executives Struggling With Growing Crisis
The Washington Post:
The probing e-mails came from every direction inside insurance giant American International Group during the summer and fall of 2007, all with the same underlying question: (read the article>)
After Foiled U.S. Plane Attack, Scanners Revisited
AFP:
As U.S. lawmakers demand to know how a would-be attacker smuggled explosives aboard a plane on Christmas Day, the use of body scanners at airport security points is likely to be revisited. (read the article>)
Plane Bombing Suspect Likely To Be Tried In Detroit
Detroit Free Press:
Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab's terror trial, if there is one, likely will take place in Detroit, most experts say. (read the article>)
Abdulmutallab's "Jihad Fantasies" Revealed
CBS:
CBS News correspondent Richard Roth reports Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab's online digital trail leads back to boarding school in West Africa. In 2005, he was chatting under the screen-name "Farouk 1986." (read the article>)
Official: Behind Scenes, U.S. Prodding Yemen To Confront Al Qaeda
CNN:
"Solid intelligence" from U.S. and Yemen services finally persuaded Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh last summer to accept increased help in fighting al Qaeda in his country, a senior U.S. official told CNN. (read the article>)
