CIA Foiled al Qaeda Plot to Blow Up U.S. Bound Airliner
By NBC News and msnbc.com staff The CIA foiled a plot by al-Qaida’s affiliate in Yemen to bomb a U.S.-bound airliner around the one-year anniversary of the killing of its former leader Osama bin Laden, senior U.S. officials told NBC News. Officials said the plot involved a bomb with a design that upgraded the underwear…