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US counterterrorism officials insisted crotch bomber be let into country

Undersecretary for management at the State Department, Patrick F. Kennedy, told Congress that the State Department wanted to keep crotch bomber Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab out of the U.S., but that intelligence agencies insisted that Abdulmutallab be let into the country.
Supposedly it was because blocking him would have blown a larger investigation. But wait, it appears [...]