By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The man dubbed the “Underwear Bomber”, who tried blowing up a Detroit-bound Northwest Airlines flight on Christmas day in 2009, may have contributed more to this country than we think. The Associated Press reports that the U.S. no fly list for suspected terrorists has more than doubled in the past year,…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com DETROIT — Why Detroit? The Associated Press reports that Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, dubbed the “underwear bomber”, thought about blowing up a plane above Houston or Chicago on Christmas day in 2009, but the ticket to Detroit was cheaper. The AP reported that he considered Houston, where he had gone to school….
By Allan Lengel For AOL News Short of handing over Osama bin Laden, the “underwear bomber” accused of trying to blow up a Detroit-bound plane on Christmas Day isn’t likely to strike up a deal with prosecutors that will set him free any time soon, legal experts say. “I don’t think they’re going to be…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — A disorderly man aboard a Northwest airlines flight headed from Detroit to Washington Tuesday night was moving toward the cockpit door but a flight attendant intervened and he backed away, authorities said. Walter Vincent Baker, 30, of Michigan, was arrested and charged Arlington County, Va., with public intoxication and…
