British intelligence confirms: 20 more like Abdulmutallab waiting
British intelligence has confirmed that there are 20 more suicide bombers who have been trained to do exactly what Nigerian Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab tried to do on Christmas day: Blow up a plane with a bomb in their underwear. British Intelligence has confirmed perhaps the most chilling boast that accused Christmas Day bomber Umar Abdulmutallab made to investigators after his arrest: that close to 20 other young Muslim men were being prepared in Yemen to use the same technique to blow up airliners, CBS News chief investigative correspondent Armen Keteyian reports exclusively.Imagine how many other pieces of useful information we might have gotten from this guy if the Obama administration hadn't hurried to arrest him as a criminal, read him his Miranda rights and let him hire a lawyer.
"I think the fact we know that there are other operatives being trained by al Qaeda in Yemen is extremely troubling, and is the most dangerous dimension to come out of the December 25th event," said CBS News national security analyst Juan Zarate.
That is why, sources say, the U.S. government issued this directive last Sunday - announcing "enhanced screening" for "every individual" on U.S.-bound flights from 14 countries, including Afghanistan, Somalia and Yemen.
In addition, a team of FBI agents is now on the ground in the West African nation of Ghana, having arrived last Saturday, attempting to piece together Abdulmutallab's whereabouts and activities in the two weeks prior to the attempted attack on Flight 253.
What could go wrong?
posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 11:29 PM
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