FBI probes account of Michigan couple in Flight 253 case

US federal agents and Dutch counter-terrorism officials are investigating whether a second man helped the Nigerian bombing suspect get on the flight to Detroit on Friday without a passport, as a man from Newport, Mich., said he saw before he boarded the flight.
Lori Haskell said that FBI agents spoke with her and her husband, Kurt, Tuesday morning after the two spoke to news media outlets about Kurt Haskell's account that he saw an older, well-dressed Indian man help suspect Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab in his effort to board the flight in Amsterdam, Netherlands, without a passport.
The Reuters news service reported Tuesday that Dutch military police and Holland's national counter-terrorism agency NCTb were reviewing closed-circuit video and any other evidence that might corroborate Kurt Haskell's account. Sandra Berchtold, an FBI spokeswoman in Detroit, referred all news media inquiries to the Department of Justice in Washington, D.C. A spokesman there declined to comment.
Lori Haskell said she was questioned for about 10 minutes and recognized a photo of the suspect from several that agents showed her. She said her husband was interviewed for at least an hour.
She said they were interviewed separately at their law offices in Taylor.
30/12/09 Naomi R Patton & Ben Schmitt/Freep.com

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