Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab

Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab is a 23-year-old Nigerian citizen who was apprehended aboard a U.S. airliner, on 25 December 2009, while attempting to set off an explosive device to destroy the aircraft and himself. Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, based in Yemen, has taken credit for the attack.

President Barack Obama, on 5 January 2010, added to criticism of the United States intelligence community of not "connecting the dots" indicating that he was a threat, and should not have been allowed on the aircraft.