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Shoe bomb threat could be linked to Yemen bomb maker

The Department of Homeland Security warned airlines Wednesday to be on heightened alert for passengers hiding explosives in their shoes. Former CIA deputy director Mike Morell says the threat may be linked to al Qaeda in Yemen and a bomb maker named Ibrahim al-Asiri.
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