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Wednesday, May 09, 2012

The Two-Way

Agent, Double Agent Or Mole? Which Was The Underwear Bomb Character?

The seal of the Central Intelligence Agency at the lobby of CIA headquarters in McLean, Va.

May 9, 2012 Many stories have called him a double agent. That doesn't seem to be correct. He was, at least, an agent. But mole might be the best word for what he was.

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Wednesday, October 12, 2011

The Two-Way

'Underwear Bomber' Pleads Guilty

A courtroom drawing, from earlier this week, of Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab.

October 12, 2011 Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab was arrested for trying to blow up a Detroit-bound passenger jet on Christmas Day 2009. In court today, he insisted that while he is guilty under U.S. law, he is not guilty under Islamic law.

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