<p>Defense Secretary Leon Panetta speaks during a news conference with China's Minister of National Defense Gen. Liang Guanglie, not seen, at the Pentagon, Monday, May 7, 2012, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)</p>
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May 8, 2012 9:15 p.m.
A save for the CIA
Agents thwart 'undetectable' al-Qaida plane bomb plot
WASHINGTON (AP) - The CIA thwarted an ambitious plot by al-Qaida's affiliate in Yemen to destroy a U.S.-bound airliner using a bomb with a sophisticated new design around the one-year anniversary of the killing of Osama bin Laden, U.S. officials said Monday.