US Congress staff to do Christmas bomber probe

AFP

WASHINGTON - The US House of Representatives' homeland security committee said Friday that some of its staff will travel to London and Amsterdam this week as part of a probe into the foiled Christmas bomb plot.
The group will meet with officials from airports and US embassies to discuss "intelligence, border security, and aviation security matters," the panel said in a statement.

Undated family photograph of Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab

Democratic Representative Bennie Thompson, the committee's chairman, said the trip would gather information ahead of a January 27 hearing on a young Nigerian man's attempt to blow up a US-bound airliner.
The visit will "provide insights on information sharing infrastructure, the watchlisting process, and passenger screen technologies," Thompson said in a statement.
US lawmakers have been sharply critical of the failures that allowed Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab to get aboard a crowded US-bound airliner, allegedly looking to blow it up with a potent explosive sewn into his underwear.
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