Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab had tried to set off the bomb minutes before the Amsterdam-to-Detroit flight landed.
Umar Farouk AbdulMutallab had come to Yemen in the hope of meeting the cleric.
Investigators have said intelligence ties the bombing suspect, Umar Farouk AbdulMutallab, to the group.
Umar Farouk AbdulMutallab is being held by the U.S Marshals Service in an undisclosed location.
Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab was a foreign national who was on the terrorist watch list.
"Umar Farouk AbdulMutallab should not have stepped onto a plane on Christmas Day, " he said.
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The growth began after Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab plead guilty for attempting to bomb an airline in 2009.
For instance, Holder said al-Awlaki "planned a suicide operation" for Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab to blow up a U.S.-bound jetliner.
We're going to beef up airport security, because Umar Farouk AbdulMutallab allegedly snuck a bomb through a security checkpoint.
Case in point: Passengers and crew subdued Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the "underwear bomber" on a Northwest Airlines flight in 2009.
The attack by Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, a Nigerian, failed only because the explosives sewn into his underpants did not detonate fully.
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The question involved the handling of Umar Farouk AbdulMutallab, the suspect in the failed Christmas Day bombing of a U.S. airliner.
Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab is accused of trying to detonate a bomb on a plane from Amsterdam when it was about to land in Detroit.
Umar Farouk AbdulMutallab, 23, is charged with attempting to destroy a Northwest Airlines flight from Amsterdam, Netherlands, to Detroit, Michigan, on Christmas Day.
Similarly, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab allegedly attempted to bring down Northwest Airlines flight 253 using a PETN bomb that was not discovered by metal detectors.
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Men such as Ahmed Ghailani, accused of the 1998 embassy bombings in Africa, and "underwear bomber" Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab have been convicted in federal courts.
The poll indicates a majority, 57 percent, think suspect Umar Farouk AbdulMutallab should be tried in military court and not a civilian criminal court.
He reportedly met with the suspect in December's Detroit airline bombing attempt, Umar Farouk AbdulMutallab, in Yemen last fall and had contact with Maj.
Nigerian suspect Umar Farouk AbdulMutallab, 23, is accused of trying to blow up the Northwest Airlines plane with explosives that had been concealed in his underwear.
As I described over the weekend, elements of our intelligence community knew that Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab had traveled to Yemen and joined up with extremists there.
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Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab pleaded guilty to trying to blow up a flight to Detroit on Christmas Day in 2009 with a bomb hidden in his underpants.
Umar Farouk AbdulMutallab is suspected of attempting to ignite explosives in his underwear to bring down the plane, which had 278 passengers and 11 crew members aboard.
The organization, al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, has claimed responsibility for the attempted bombing, and the alleged bomber, Umar Farouk AbdulMutallab, was in Yemen this month.
The United States was attacked, allegedly by Umar Farouk AbdulMutallab, who got past whatever security precautions might have stopped him from boarding Northwest Flight 253 for Detroit, Michigan.
Federal authorities have charged Umar Farouk AbdulMutallab, 23, of Nigeria with trying to detonate explosives hidden in his underwear on a flight from Amsterdam, Netherlands, to Detroit, Michigan.
After an apparent attempt by Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, a 23-year-old Nigerian, to blow up an American aircraft flying into Detroit on Christmas Day, a presidential statement was surely in order.
The added security measures were implemented after 23-year-old Umar Farouk AbdulMutallab tried to set off a bomb aboard a Northwest Airlines flight from Amsterdam, Netherlands, to Detroit, Michigan, on Christmas.
The Younis case is worth recalling in light of charges made against the FBI following the news that they were responsible for interrogating Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the so-called Christmas Day bomber.
It took the group only two or three months to mobilize Umar Farouk AbdulMutallab, the so-called Underwear Bomber, charged in the Christmas Day 2009 bombing attack on a Northwest Airlines jet.
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The use of AIT scanners has increased since the Christmas Day 2009 attempt by Umar Farouk AbdulMutallab to blow up a plane over Detroit by detonating plastic explosives hidden in his underwear.
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