World News - Report: CIA foiled al-Qaida plot to destroy US-bound airliner

Updated at 5 p.m. ET: The CIA foiled a plot by al-Qaida's affiliate in Yemen to bomb a U.S.-bound airliner this month, senior U.S. officials told NBC News. Officials said the plot involved a bomb that improved on the one that had been sewn into the underpants of Umar Farouk Abdu …
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