Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab

Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab News

  • How the Web Radicalizes and Liberates Muslims

    When I woke in Malaysia to the news of the Boston Marathon bombings halfway around the world, I instantly worried about two things.

  • Allowing Knives on Planes? Yes, It’s a Good Idea

    The U.S. Transportation Security Administration announced yesterday that it was delaying a plan to allow passengers to carry pocketknives, hockey sticks and golf clubs aboard airplanes.

  • Obama Decision on Interrogating Suspect Draws Criticism

    The Obama administration’s decision to interrogate the Boston Marathon bombing suspect without first warning him of his rights has sparked criticism from both sides of the political spectrum about the best way to prosecute terrorism cases.

  • Accused Underpants Bomber Wasn’t Read Rights, FBI Agent Says

    The man accused of the Christmas 2009 attempt to blow up a Northwest Airlines plane with explosives hidden in his underpants wasn’t told he had a right to remain silent when interviewed by U.S. investigators, an FBI agent testified.

  • Accused Underpants Bomber’s Statements Can Be Used at Trial, Judge Says

    Statements by the man accused of the Christmas 2009 attempt to blow up a Northwest Airlines plane with explosives hidden in his underpants can be introduced by U.S. prosecutors at trial, a judge said.

  • The Silence of the Drones

    In times of war, the law is not silent. War is not a moral wilderness: At the Second Lateran Council in 1139, the use of the crossbow was banned among European knights. Throughout history, there have been codes that even the hell of war could not override.

  • Johnson & Johnson, Mark Hurd, Insider Trading in Court News

    Just as his trial was set to start its second day, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab yesterday pleaded guilty to all eight charges in the attempted bombing of a Northwest Airlines plane on Christmas Day 2009.

  • Naked-Image Scanners to Be Removed From U.S. Airports

    The U.S. Transportation Security Administration will remove airport body scanners that privacy advocates likened to strip searches after OSI Systems Inc. couldn’t write software to make passenger images less revealing.

  • TSA Vendor Denies Faking Test of Body-Imaging Software

    OSI Systems Inc.’s Rapiscan unit, one of two suppliers of body-scanning machines in U.S. airports, may have falsified tests of software intended to stop the machines from recording graphic images of travelers, a U.S. lawmaker said.

  • OSI Systems Falls After Hearing on Naked-Image Scanners

    OSI Systems Inc. fell the most in more than 15 years after a U.S. lawmaker said tests may have been falsified on software intended to stop the company’s airport body-scanning machines from recording graphic images of travelers.

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