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WASHINGTON — The foiling of an al Qaeda plot to place an underwear bomber on a US-bound airliner has focused attention on whether the more sophisticated device would have gotten past airport screening. But security experts say the case also highlights

Nobody knew the CIA had this level of penetration into Al Qaeda, and to be honest I'm not sure why we know it now. And of course Al Qaeda knows it now too which means if we have any other double agents, they could be in

A report coming out of the Los Angeles Times and citing US and Yemeni officials appears to confirm widely-voiced suspicions that the latest supposed "underwear bomb" plot was little more than a contrived threat – the

American officials revealed today that the thwarted Al Qaeda suicide bomber who planned to blow up a U.S.-bound jet on Osama bin Laden's birthday was actually a double-agent working for the U.S. Central Intelligence

It's a good bet that news of a new thwarted underwear bomber will underlie more than one argument for the strip-search machines American travelers encounter even at the domestic terminals of our airports. According to the

The 25-year-old says the bomb in his underwear was a "blessed weapon" to avenge poorly treated Muslims worldwide. The bomb didn't fully detonate aboard an Amsterdam-to-Detroit flight in 2009 but caused a brief fire that burned Abdulmutallab.

Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the so-called “underwear bomber,” was sentenced to life in prison Thursday following his trial in federal court. Two years ago, Republicans insisted trying Abdulmutallab in federal court was a terrible idea.

BY JENNIFER ROWLAND | FEBRUARY 17, 2012 Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the so-called "underwear bomber" who tried to detonate a bomb hidden in his underpants on an international flight to Detroit on behalf of al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) was

By From wire service reports DETROIT — A federal judge ordered life in prison Thursday for a young Nigerian man who tried to blow up a packed international flight with a bomb concealed in his underwear. Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, who has said he was

DETROIT — Nigerian Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, who tried to blow up a Detroit-bound international flight with and underwear bomb on Christmas Day 2009 on behalf of al-Qaida, was sentenced to life in prison without parole

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-bound flight on Christmas 2009 while on a suicide mission for al-Qaida.

A bomb hidden in the underwear of Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, now 25, caused a fire but failed to explode on a Delta Airlines flight from Amsterdam carrying 289 people on December 25. Abdulmutallab, who wore a white T-shirt and skull cap, sat impassively as the sentence

By The Associated Press DETROIT — A US federal judge ordered life in prison Thursday for a young Nigerian man who turned away from a privileged life and tried to blow up a packed international flight with a bomb concealed in his underwear.

A Nigerian who tried to blow up an international flight near Detroit on behalf of al-Qaida has been sentenced to life in prison without parole.

The so-called ''underwear bomber,'' Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, tried to blow up a jetliner landing in Detroit on Christmas Day 2009. When he was handed multiple life sentences, he announced in a Detroit courtroom that one day al-Qaeda would be