U.S. security officials on the hunt for an upgraded underwear*bomb
Kimberly Dozier, The Associated Press* Jul 27, 2012 – 4:52 PM ET
ASPEN, Colo. — U.S. security officials are on the lookout for a new type of explosive, after analysis of an upgraded underwear bomb intercepted by a CIA operation in Yemen.
Transportation Security Administrator John Pistole told an audience at the Aspen Security Forum that the device smuggled out by a double-agent in an operation earlier this year was an upgrade from the underwear bomb carried by Nigerian Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, to try to bring down a Detroit-bound airliner on Christmas 2009.