Tag: Detroit Bomber
MI5 knew of Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab’s UK extremist links
David Leppard and Dan McDougall January 2, 2010.
Print: The Times
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.
