Ten Things You Need to Know Today: Wednesday 9 May 2012

1. UNDERWEAR BOMBER AN AGENT FOR CIA

The suicide bomber in the foiled 'underwear bomb plot' was an agent working for the CIA. The man was recruited by the Saudi intelligence services and had infiltrated the Yemen-based al-Qaeda subsidiary which made the bomb. The agent is now safely back in Saudi Arabia.

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