Al Qaeda Leader Behind Northwest Flight 253 Terror Plot Was Released by U.S.

THIS PIECE HAS BEEN CORRECTED SINCE IT WAS FIRST PUBLISHED. One of the four leaders allegedly behind the al Qaeda plot to blow up a Northwest Airlines passenger jet over Detroit was released by the U.S. from the Guantanamo prison in November 2007, according to American officials and Department of Defense documents. Al Qaeda claimed responsibility for the Northwest bombing in a Monday statement that vowed more attacks on Americans. American officials agreed to send the terrorist from Guantanamo...Full Story