<p>"FBI interrogators spent quite some time with him. I don't want to get into all the specifics, but I think they would agree and I would say that he has provided in those interrogations useful intelligence," White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said at his daily press briefing.<br /><br />Abdulmutallab, a Nigerian national, has been charged with attempt to blow up a North West Airlines plane on December 25. The plane with nearly 300 people on board was coming from Amsterdam to Detroit.<br /><br />"Abdulmutallab spent a number of hours with FBI investigators in which we gleaned useable actionable intelligence," Gibbs said.<br /><br />During his interrogation, Abdulmutallab has told the FBI that he received the training as well as explosives from the al-Qaeda operatives in Yemen.<br /><br />Al-Qaeda has claimed responsibility for the attack.Gibbs, however, refrained from giving any further details about the interrogation. <br /><br />"I'm not going to get into all of what he said, but again, I think the interrogators have believed that he has provided them with useful intelligence," Gibbs reiterated in response to a question.<br /><br />Meanwhile, the State Department said the visa of Abdulmutallab has been revoked.<br />"At least one person (Abdulmutallab) you can say has lost his visa since December 25," said P J Crowley, the Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs.<br />In all, post 9/11 as many as 1,700 visas have been revoked of individuals suspected of having terrorist links.<br /><br />However, Crowley did not give any figure for post-December 25 when the Nigerian national tried to blow up the US plane. <br /><br /></p>
<p>"FBI interrogators spent quite some time with him. I don't want to get into all the specifics, but I think they would agree and I would say that he has provided in those interrogations useful intelligence," White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said at his daily press briefing.<br /><br />Abdulmutallab, a Nigerian national, has been charged with attempt to blow up a North West Airlines plane on December 25. The plane with nearly 300 people on board was coming from Amsterdam to Detroit.<br /><br />"Abdulmutallab spent a number of hours with FBI investigators in which we gleaned useable actionable intelligence," Gibbs said.<br /><br />During his interrogation, Abdulmutallab has told the FBI that he received the training as well as explosives from the al-Qaeda operatives in Yemen.<br /><br />Al-Qaeda has claimed responsibility for the attack.Gibbs, however, refrained from giving any further details about the interrogation. <br /><br />"I'm not going to get into all of what he said, but again, I think the interrogators have believed that he has provided them with useful intelligence," Gibbs reiterated in response to a question.<br /><br />Meanwhile, the State Department said the visa of Abdulmutallab has been revoked.<br />"At least one person (Abdulmutallab) you can say has lost his visa since December 25," said P J Crowley, the Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs.<br />In all, post 9/11 as many as 1,700 visas have been revoked of individuals suspected of having terrorist links.<br /><br />However, Crowley did not give any figure for post-December 25 when the Nigerian national tried to blow up the US plane. <br /><br /></p>