Rare Double Agent Disrupted Bombing Plot, U.S. Says -- New York Times
WASHINGTON — The suicide bomber dispatched by the Yemen branch of Al Qaeda last month to blow up a United States-bound airliner was actually an intelligence agent for Saudi Arabia who infiltrated the terrorist group and volunteered for the mission, American and foreign officials said Tuesday.
In an extraordinary intelligence coup, the double agent left Yemen last month, traveling by way of the United Arab Emirates, and delivered both the innovative bomb designed for his aviation attack and inside information on the group’s leaders, locations, methods and plans to the Central Intelligence Agency, Saudi intelligence and allied foreign intelligence agencies.
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Double agent hands al-Qaida its 3rd failed bombing -- AP
CIA unraveled bomb plot from within -- Washington Post
Al-Qaida ‘bomber’ was really double agent -- Chicago Sun Times/AP
Al-Qaida Suicide Bomber Was 'Double Agent' -- Voice of America
Underwear bomber in al-Qaida plot was double agent: reports -- Canada.com/AFP
CIA sacrifices valuable intelligence source to foil underwear bomb plot -- CBS
Al-Qaeda underwear bomber 'was double agent' -- BBC
CIA unraveled bomb plot from within -- Washington Post
Al-Qaida ‘bomber’ was really double agent -- Chicago Sun Times/AP
Al-Qaida Suicide Bomber Was 'Double Agent' -- Voice of America
Underwear bomber in al-Qaida plot was double agent: reports -- Canada.com/AFP
CIA sacrifices valuable intelligence source to foil underwear bomb plot -- CBS
Al-Qaeda underwear bomber 'was double agent' -- BBC
Al Qaeda bomb plot was foiled by double agent -- L.A. Times
Saudi Intelligence, CIA Infiltrated Al Qaeda in Yemen: Reports -- Reuters
Double agent in underwear bomb plot is a coup for intelligence services -- The Guardian
Al-Qaeda infiltration: A glimpse into a shadowy world -- BBC
Profile: Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula -- Al Jazeera
Al-Qaida ‘bomber’ was really double agent -- Chicago Sun Times/AP
Al-Qaida Suicide Bomber Was 'Double Agent' -- Voice of America
Underwear bomber in al-Qaida plot was double agent: reports -- Canada.com/AFP
CIA sacrifices valuable intelligence source to foil underwear bomb plot -- CBS
Al-Qaeda underwear bomber 'was double agent' -- BBC
Al Qaeda bomb plot was foiled by double agent -- L.A. Times
Saudi Intelligence, CIA Infiltrated Al Qaeda in Yemen: Reports -- Reuters
Double agent in underwear bomb plot is a coup for intelligence services -- The Guardian
Al-Qaeda infiltration: A glimpse into a shadowy world -- BBC
Profile: Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula -- Al Jazeera