Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab

Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab

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  Lawmaker: FBI checking training angle in bombing

  The chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee said Sunday that the FBI is investigating in the United States and overseas to determine whether ... 

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  Legal issues surround Boston suspect's questioning

  The hospital-room questioning of the surviving suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings is generating concern about whether he should have been ... 

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  Prosecutors move quickly to build Marathon case

  The Obama administration has a range of legal options in the Boston Marathon bombings, and they could include seeking the death penalty against the ... 

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  US eyes anti-piracy effort along west Africa coast

  The U.S. and some of its allies are considering plans to increase anti-piracy operations along Africa's west coast, spurred on by concerns that money ... 

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  Obama's CIA pick chose spycraft over priesthood

  John Brennan was headed for the priesthood when, while sitting idly on a bus as a student at Fordham University in the 1970s, he stumbled on a ...