12/26/09: The Financial Times reports that security was stepped up on flights to and from the United States on Saturday as federal officials questioned a Nigerian man who set off an incendiary device aboard a plane from Amsterdam to Detroit before being subdued by fellow passengers.
12/26/09: The Times (UK) reports that a Nigerian reported to be studying in Britain allegedly tried to blow up a transatlantic airliner on Christmas Day in what the White House called an attempted act of terrorism.

Get the Brief via Twitter
Get the Brief via Email