United States authorities have said Umar Farouk AbdulMutallab, the Nigerian suspected of trying to blow up a US plane on Christmas Day is now co-operating and providing ”useful” information.
According to a British Broadcasting Corporation report, officials told US media that Abdulmutallab had stopped talking to investigators but started again ”last week”.
Abdulmutallab, 23, is accused of trying to blow up a flight to Detroit with a bomb hidden in his underwear.
He has denied a charge of attempting to murder 290 people.
US officials, according to BBC, said that with Abdulmutallab apparently talking again, it is conceivable a plea bargain might be now reached.
An official quoted by Reuters news agency said: ”Abdulmutallab is talking and has been talking since last week providing useful, actionable and current intelligence that we‘ve been actively following up on.”
When questioned on the subject, FBI director Robert Mueller told the Senate Intelligence Committee that the intelligence was valuable and that Mr Abdulmutallab was still being questioned.
The interrogation of Mr Abdulmutallab has caused controversy in the US.
The suspect had been talking to FBI agents before he went into surgery for burns on his legs but afterwards refused to talk.
It will be recalled that The Washington Post reported last week that prosecutors were inching toward an agreement that would secure cooperation from Abdulmutallab,
Quoting sources familiar with the case, the newspaper reported that public defenders for the 23-year-old were engaged in negotiations with the prosecutors that could result in a guilty plea and an agreement to share more information on the Al-Qaeda terrorist network.
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