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December 28, 2009

Napolitano: We Don’t Know If Airplane Attack Linked to al-Qaeda
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Unnamed officials have claimed that Abdulmutallab told investigators
that al-Qaeda operatives in Yemen supplied him with an explosive device
and trained him on how to detonate it, but Homeland Security Director
Janet Napolitano said Sunday the government was unsure if Abdulmutallab
had ties to al-Qaeda.

Janet Napolitano: "We don’t know. There’s allegations that have been
made public in the criminal complaint, but the FBI now has that matter.
It’s under investigation, and we shall see. What we are looking at is
literally how he got on the plane to make sure that the screening
procedures were followed, and if they were followed, whether they need
to be changed. "



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