The Blotter: Brian Ross Investigates

Al Qaeda Bomb Cell Infiltrated By Insider Who Foiled New Airline Plot: Officials

In a stunning intelligence coup, a dangerous al Qaeda bomb cell in Yemen was successfully infiltrated by an inside source who secretly worked for the CIA and several other intelligence agencies, authorities revealed to ABC News. The inside source is now "safely out of Yemen," according to one international intelligence official, and was able to bring with him to Saudi Arabia the bomb al Qaeda thought was going to be detonated on a U.S.-bound aircraft. The bomb, a refined version of the...Full Story
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