Rep. Bennie Thompson

Three Congressional Committees to Probe Bombing Attempt

At least three congressional committees will hold hearings in January about security breaches that allowed a Nigerian man to board a Detroit-bound aircraft with an explosive device on Christmas Day. The inquiries will focus on how suspect Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab -- who was in a U.S. database of suspected terrorists but not on the much smaller no-fly list -- was allowed on the Northwest Airlines flight. The hearings will look into why screening machines did not detect the explosive powder sewn into his pants and why Abdulmutallab was given a visa after his father, a wealthy Nigerian banker, ...

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