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Double Agent Foils Bombing Plot
We're hearing more details today about the CIA's take-down of an al Qaeda plot to blow up a US-bound airliner with a more sophisticated underwear bomb. Like something out of a John Le Carre novel, the CIA worked with Saudi intelligence to infiltrate al Qaeda in Yemen with a double agent.
By Judy Muller • • 1 min readWe're hearing more details today about the CIA's take-down of an al Qaeda plot to blow up a US-bound airliner with a more sophisticated underwear bomb. Like something out of a John Le Carre novel, the CIA worked with Saudi intelligence to infiltrate al Qaeda in Yemen with a double agent. Scott Shane is national security reporter for the New York Times.
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