Umar Farouk AbdulMutallab, dubbed the "underwear bomber" after he was convicted of trying to bring down an airliner with a bomb concealed in his undergarments, has been moved to the federal Bureau of Prison's "Supermax" facility in Colorado, the agency said Thursday.
Bureau of Prisons official Edmond Ross would not comment on why AbdulMutallab was moved from the U.S. Penitentiary in Florence, Colorado, to the ultra-high-security Supermax facility in the same city.
AbdulMutallab, 25, pleaded guilty in October to attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction, among other charges, in trying to bring down a Northwest Airlines flight on Christmas Day 2009.
He was sentenced to life in prison in February.
U.S. officials say the terror group al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula helped plot the bombing attempt on Northwest Airlines Flight 253, which was heading from the Netherlands to Detroit. Authorities say AbdulMutallab, a passenger, tried to ignite a bomb that was hidden in his underwear shortly before the plane landed, but passengers and flight crew members subdued him and extinguished flames that erupted when the device briefly set his clothing on fire.
The plane was carrying 289 people.
"As this investigation and prosecution have shown, Umar Farouk AbdulMutallab is a remorseless terrorist who believes it is his duty to kill Americans," U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said in a Justice Department news release after the sentencing.
At the Supermax facility, AbdulMutallab joins Ramzi Yousef, leader of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, so-called "shoe bomber" Richard Reid, Atlanta Olympic Park bomber Eric Rudolph and "Unabomber" Ted Kaczynski among an inmate population of more than 450.
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LOL! He didn't have a passport either!
...Somebody's been watching too much X-FILES ...
He aint in prison just like KSM aint in prison it is all phony B.S. THE MASTERMIND OF 9~11,yeah right!!!
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what a crock! you are a bunch of low-life (make that no-life) criminals...you can look forward to one day having the same accomodations as the underwear bomber.
Lighten up, Francis!
Hope he enjoys his newdigs.
shouldn't this piece of garbage be put to death? dirt bags like this are perfectly at home in prisons.
"At the Supermax facility, AbdulMutallab joins Ramzi Yousef, leader of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, so-called "shoe bomber" Richard Reid, Atlanta Olympic Park bomber Eric Rudolph and "Unabomber" Ted Kaczynski among an inmate population of more than 450"
Well then, now they can form the worlds first all-bomber basketball team !
BWAA HAA HAA.. He wen tfrom expcting 72 virgins to being a prison virgin for 72 men....Karma
Kinda looks like Trayv-On, man.
You mean it actually showed up? Oh, the technological wonders of the internet!
He wasn't responding to the psychological torture in the expected manner at the other prison.
Isn't the "Supermax" a torture prison?
ADMAX is not a "torture" prison, it is an ultra-high security prison which keeps all of the inmates in isolation cells. Some people call that a form of 'psychological torture' but it has been adopted as the safest way to incarcerate the most dangerous–the worst of the worst–of prisoners.
...no such luck.
HOPEFULLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
hmmm - how about a firing squad- by a squad with minimal skill- so it takes a while for him to die
UN? International Red Cross?
it is very simple just tie him to a bomb and have it detonate.that is what he wanted yo do ,let him teste it.
i LOVE this comment.
Why are they wasting my tax money ....take him to 10k feet and just drop him out of the sky.....he wanted to fly anyway....