Kurt Haskell - the Underwear Bomber - sentenced to LIFE IMPRISONMENT

three personal updates from the back end of 2011 and into early 2012, in case you thought the furore over the Underwear Bomber had gone away.

Kurt Haskell was the 'legal guy' who was on Northwest Airlines Flight 253 flight out of Schipol Airport NL on Xmas day 2009 claiming that (passportless) Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab "THE UNDERWEAR BOMBER" was helped onto an  by an African-looking 'smartly dressed man'.

first update: Oct 2011

Trial for the Underwear Bomber started this week, on Tuesday. Since neither Kurt or I had been contacted about being witnesses or being sequestered from the courtroom, we decided to head down to the trial in the hopes of being able to observe. Seats were reserved for all victims, and we really wanted to be there as much as possible. When going through security on the first floor of the court, we ran into someone who works for Anthony Chambers, who told us a pre-trial Motion had been filed that morning to exclude Kurt and I from being in the courtroom for the trial as we may be potential witnesses.

second update: Dec 2011

It has now been two years since the Underwear Bomber attack. Once again, Lori and I find ourselves reflecting during the holidays about what happened on Flight 253. The attack, which comprised only two minutes of our lives, continues to shape our thoughts and beliefs. Although the criminal case has ended (except for sentencing which will happen in January 2012), the laws of Michigan allow for a two year period statute of limitations in order for the injured to bring a civil lawsuit.

third update: Jan 2012

Although the underwear bomber trial concluded in October with a plea deal, Umar filed a motion on December 12, 2011 to replace stand-by attorney Chambers. This motion is too little too late since the only matter left in the case is sentencing, which will occur on January 19, 2012.

I really like the capitalised phrase "NOBODY ON EARTH TAKES A PLEA SO THAT THEY CAN NEVER GET OUT OF PRISON!" in that third update.

February 17th 'sentencing' update: courtesy of Kurt Haskell, the man put forward by 'underwear bomber' Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab as HIS ONLY WITNESS on a flight of nearly 300 passengers. Here's the very scary bit (for me) of Kurt Haskell's Victim Impact Statement:

When I attended the jury selection hearings, I questioned why versions of the same two questions kept coming up, those being:

1. Do you think whether you'll be able to tell whether something is actually a bomb?
and
2. Do you realize that sometimes the media doesn't always tell the truth?

I continued to be greatly saddened at this point as I felt the truth continued to be hidden.

When Umar listed me as his only witness, I was happy to testify, not on his behalf, but on behalf of the truth. I never expected to testify, as my eyewitness account would have been too damaging to the myth that the government and media are putting forward. A mere 5 days after I was announced as a witness, there was an inexplicable guilty plea which exasperated me as I no longer would be testifying.

February 23rd update:  here's an exclusive follow-up video interview where Kurt Haskell again lays out his claim that 'intelligence agencies intentionally put the Underwear Bomber on a plane with an intentionally-defective bomb to simulate a terror threat':