underwear bomber

New Details About Drone Attacks Reported From Documents Leaked by Snowden

Kasia Anderson / Truthdig Jun 24, 2015 The New York Times on Wednesday reported details about American counterterrorism officials' use of drone strikes in countries such as Yemen, as well as the working relationship between intelligence agencies in the U.S. and the U.K. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Report: Al-Qaida Bomb Plot Against Jet Thwarted

Staff / Truthdig May 8, 2012 The CIA foiled an elaborate new underwear bomb plot by an al-Qaida affiliate in Yemen that was intended to bring down a U.S.-bound airliner, The Associated Press reported Monday. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Abdulmutallab Pleads Guilty, Sounds Warning Note in Detroit Court

Staff / Truthdig Oct 13, 2011 It's a busy week in homeland security here in the US, what with the news of an alleged Iranian attempt on the life of a key Saudi diplomat (a case that wasn't exactly news to select members of the Obama administration), and now a new chapter to an even older story with a prepackaged, media-generated catchphrase you may recall: "underwear bomber". Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Anwar al-Awlaki Survives U.S. Drone Attack in Yemen

Staff / Truthdig May 7, 2011 American-born al-Qaida leader Anwar al-Awlaki has apparently survived a U.S. military drone attack in Yemen after he traded vehicles with two supporters who were killed at the scene. (more) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Mutallab Challenge

Gbemisola Olujobi / Truthdig Jan 13, 2010 Christmas 2009 was not particularly cheery in Nigeria. A poor economic climate, an epileptic power supply and scarcity of petroleum products ensured that the celebrations were low-key. As if these challenges were not enough, news of an attempted bombing of a U.S. airliner by a Nigerian filtered in on Christmas Day. The nation’s heart sank. The tag that has now been put on the country is a new one for Nigeria. Money laundering? Sadly, yes. Internet scamming? Another sad yes. But suicide bombing? Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

White House Releasing Details of Flight 253 Security Issues

Staff / Truthdig Jan 8, 2010 The White House's decision to release information that points to why US intelligence agencies failed to nab the foiled underwear bomber before he boarded Northwest Flight 253 on Dec 25 may have something to do with publicly shaming those agencies (continued). Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Sick With Terror

Amy Goodman / Truthdig Jan 6, 2010 The underwear bomber has reignited the debates about how best to protect the American people, while a killer that claims 45,000 lives annually -- one dead American about every 10 minutes -- goes unchecked. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )