Beware “Underwear 2″: TSA Chief Offers Rare al Qaeda Bomb Details

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7. I'm starting to wonder about the "genius" part - none of his bombs have worked.

His bio reveals that the only bomb that Ibrahim al-Asiri made that actually killed anyone was the one worn by his brother which exploded killing the brother instead of the Saudi Interior Minister. The Underwear bomb was a dud, the FedEx toner cartridge bomb didn't bring down the cargo jet. Other bombs designed according to AQ plans have been equally unsuccessful: the Shoe Bomber couldn't get his fuse lit, even something as routine as the Times Square car bomb -- thousands of car bombs have exploded fatally over the years - was a fizzle. It doesn't take a genius.

The common denominator in all these cases, aside from the mysterious Mr. Genius Bomber, was Anwar al-Awlaki, who also (we are told) miraculously escaped the long arm of US intelligence for a very long time from since before 9/11 (he was the caretaker for the Flt. 77 hijackers most of the time they were in the US), all the while that he's been under intense surveillance. Even after the US Gov't had him in custody in 2003, they released him. There were suggestions floating around within the Muslim community, going back to 1995, that al-Awlaki was an agent provocateur. Could be.