Source : CIA had report on AbdulMutallab just before bombing attempt on plane . Report written after AbdulMutallab 's dad spoke to someone with CIA , source unknown . Source : If CIA had circulated report , report might have been kept from plane . Had that information been shared , the 23-year-old Nigerian who is alleged to have bungled an attempt to blow up a jetliner as it was landing in Detroit , Michigan , on Christmas Day might have been denied passage on the Northwest Airlines flight , the source said . AbdulMutallab charged with trying to plant explosives on Christmas flight .
Source : CIA had report on AbdulMutallab just before bombing attempt on plane . Report written after AbdulMutallab 's dad spoke to someone with CIA , source unknown . Source : If CIA had circulated report , report might have been kept from plane . AbdulMutallab charged with trying to plant explosives on Christmas flight .