AP: CIA Thwarted Al Qaeda Underwear Bomb Plot on Anniversary of Bin Laden's Death

[Valin]

Fox Nation:

May 07, 2012

 

WASHINGTON – The CIA thwarted an ambitious plot by Al Qaeda's affiliate in Yemen to destroy a U.S.-bound airliner using a bomb with a sophisticated new design around the one-year anniversary of the killing of Usama bin Laden, The Associated Press has learned.

 

The plot involved an upgrade of the underwear bomb that failed to detonate aboard a jetliner over Detroit on Christmas 2009. This new bomb was also designed to be used in a passenger's underwear, but this time Al Qaeda developed a more refined detonation system, U.S. officials said.

 

The FBI is examining the latest bomb to see whether it could have passed through airport security and brought down an airplane, officials said. They said the device did not contain metal, meaning it probably could have passed through an airport metal detector. But it was not clear whether new body scanners used in many airports would have detected it.

 

The would-be suicide bomber, based in Yemen, had not yet picked a target or bought his plane tickets when the CIA stepped in and seized the bomb, officials said. It's not immediately clear what happened to the alleged bomber.

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[Pepper]

The AP learned about the thwarted plot last week but agreed to White House and CIA requests not to publish it immediately because the sensitive intelligence operation was still under way. Once officials said those concerns were allayed, the AP decided to disclose the plot Monday despite requests from the Obama administration to wait for an official announcement Tuesday.

 

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@Valin

 

 

On that reluctance to release the story.

 

The main stream media and the White House perform this supposedly at an arms distance dance, but it is about as delicate as a "john" and a hooker at a convention. They each know the transaction will occur, but just go through a facade for public consumption.

 

On the new attempt, persistent little bastids aren't they?

[Valin]

 

 

On the new attempt, persistent little bastids aren't they?

 

I guess they missed the State Dept. memo, that the war was over.

[Pepper]

@Valin

 

I thought Obama was the one declaring victory and withdrawing.

[Valin]

@Valin

 

I thought Obama was the one declaring victory and withdrawing.

 

No it was a "high level" anonymous source, who announced the end of the war.

[Pepper]

"No it was a "high level" anonymous source, who announced the end of the war."

 

@Valin

That'd be your FLOTUS then, or your Ghostwriter, Bill Bomber Ayers.

[Valin]

@Pepper

 

I'm thinking Hillary, or if not she ok'd it.

[clearvision]

So now it comes out the bomber was a CIA informant. It is not clear if he went out trying to find a bomb saying he was going to blow up an airliner or someone approached him about blowing up an air liner with the bomb.