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Huffington PostGibbs: We've Gained Useful Intelligence From Would-Be Bomber
The Obama administration said on Tuesday that it has gained "useful and actionable intelligence" from the would-be Christmas airplane bomber even as conservative critics slam the president for putting Umar Farouk Abdul Mutallab through the criminal justice system.
Speaking to reporters during the first daily briefing since the president returned from Hawaii, Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said interrogations of Abdul Mutallab have thus far been productive.
"The subject, as you know, was taken from a plane in Detroit. FBI interrogators spent quite some time with him. I don't want to get into all the specifics. But... I would say he has provided, in those interrogations, useful intelligence," said Gibbs. Pressed on what information was provided, he replied: "I'm not going to get into all of what he said, but, again, I think that the interrogators believe he has provided them with useful intelligence."
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