UPDATE 746PM:
Congressman Pete King Via FOX:
This was a new device capable of "Ctastrophic Results", and is undetectable.
ABC News is reporting that a Nigerian man tried to set off a crude Bomb on Northwest Flight 253, from Amsterdam to Detroit this afternoon.
"The man said he was directed by al Qaeda to explode a small device in flight, over U.S. soil, ABC News has learned. Authorities have no corroboration of that information, and the credibility of the suspect's statements are being questioned, officials said.
The man was apparently already on the government's no-fly list of suspected terrorists, according to a senior intelligence official.
"The subject is claiming to have extremist affiliation and that the device was acquired in Yemen along with instructions as to when it should be used," a federal situational awareness bulletin stated.
http://abcnews.go.com/...
Update 5.41 PM:
AP News Alert: U.S. intelligence official: Passenger on Detroit flight was attempting to blow up plane.
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