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| Airplane bomb suspect said cooperating with U.S. |
| 2010-02-03 |
| The Nigerian man accused of trying to blow up a U.S. airliner on Christmas Day has provided "useful, actionable" intelligence to U.S. authorities after the FBI flew his relatives to the United States to urge him to cooperate, U.S. officials said on Tuesday. The bombing suspect, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, 23, started talking again after FBI agents brought family members from Nigeria to help convince him to provide information on how the botched December 25 bomb plot was arranged and whether further attacks were in the works, a senior U.S. official said, speaking on condition of anonymity. |
| Posted by:ed |
| #10 "Cooperating" is he? That didn't take long. Can't for the life of me figure out why he changed his mind [sarc off]. I'm sure whatever he says is relevant, well sort of, maybe or maybe NOT. Sharing with the rest of the Intelligence Community are you DOJ and Bureau, or just sitting on it? |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2010-02-03 19:37 |
| #9 I sense flop sweat coating the back of the initial release. They have to assert that he cooperating, the question is going to be, what will they plea this down to? Illegal U-Turn? |
| Posted by: NoMOreBS 2010-02-03 17:04 |
| #8 Lynn Stewart. His attorneys have rehearsed him on the appropriate disinformation to give. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2010-02-03 15:29 |
| #7 I also heard he is plea bargaining for that info. Of course plea bargain info is more accurate than enhanced interrogation. /sarc |
| Posted by: GolfBravoUSMC 2010-02-03 15:02 |
| #6 Even if he is now talking is butt buddies have had over a month to go to deep cover. Intel is like bread, it gets stale and is not very nourishing after time. |
| Posted by: GolfBravoUSMC 2010-02-03 15:00 |
| #5 This also contradicts the previous Obama apologist talking point that "he already told us everything he knows." Of course, the Obama apologists can get away with changing talking points since most of the media won't do research when it could hurt the Donks. |
| Posted by: lord garth 2010-02-03 14:47 |
| #4 It too is stoopid and inappropriate as his co-AQ guys will be rolling up their networks and hiding. The leaker should STFU Hey, what's more important here? The chance to temporarily pause criticism by suggesting Bambi actually knows what he is doing until the next bad guy decides to clam up, or making Americans safer by catching a bunch of terrorists? |
| Posted by: gorb 2010-02-03 11:46 |
| #3 Brer - that comment was about KSM, but still stoopid and likely used by KSM's atty in a request for dismissal. More importantly, the word that Umar is talking is a deliberate leak by Obambi's admin to try and respond to the Mirandizing criticism. It too is stoopid and inappropriate as his co-AQ guys will be rolling up their networks and hiding. The leaker should STFU |
| Posted by: Frank G 2010-02-03 11:09 |
| #2 The Big 0 said we were gonna convict him in the court and then execute him. My questions is when was the last time we executed someone for attempted murder? |
| Posted by: BrerRabbit 2010-02-03 10:18 |
| #1 We knew all along he'd spill to the civilian authorities, whereas the fear of waterboarding by the spooks would have made him clam up. -Eric Holdner |
| Posted by: Bobby 2010-02-03 10:03 |