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The AP article in question:
US: CIA thwarts new al-Qaida underwear bomb plot
seattle times ^ http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2880974/posts Posted on Monday, May 07, 2012 4:26:58 PM by Perdogg

[Not CIA op but UK & Saudia Arabia, and someone leaked it to make WH look good right after UK informed US]

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Don't tell anyone, but that al Qaeda mole op had zero to do with the Obama administration IBD Editorials ^ | May 15, 2012 | ANDREW MALCOM Posted on Tuesday, May 15, 2012 7:36:51 PM by Kaslin http://news.investors.com/article/611449/201205150812/underwear-bomber-mole-was-not-a-cia-agent.htm

And the folks overseas who actually conceived and executed the risky work are none too happy about their loose-lipped American cousins trying to bolster someone's domestic political standing by leaking the story prematurely, destroying the agent's cover and future usefulness. And possibly betraying that agent's contacts within Yemen.

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*No one's paying attention*

It's not an admin shot at AP.

Read my links about the horn-tootin' leaks back then concerning Yemen and see why the behavior of the admin then relates to the Obama admin's horn-tooting in the OBL raid and the utter lack of it in Benghazi.