MI5 knew of Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab’s UK extremist links
Security services knew three years ago that the Detroit bomber had “multiple communications” with Islamic extremists in Britain, it emerged this weekend. Counterterrorism officials said Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab was “reaching out” to extremists who MI5 had under surveillance while he was studying at University College London. None of the information was passed to American officials, which will prompt questions about intelligence failures prior to the attack.
It’s been almost 10 years since the 9/11 attacks; time enough, I would think, to train and deploy some field agents who look and talk enough like potential terrorists to infiltrate these groups and disrupt their recruiting processes. I wonder if this is being done.
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