Quotes of the Day

This December 2009 file photo released by the U.S. Marshal's Service shows Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab in Milan, Mich.
Friday, Feb. 17, 2012

Open quoteIt was sheer fortuity that numerous deaths were avoided, and he should not be given credit for that.Close quote

  • CATHLEEN CORKEN,
  • an assistant U.S. Attorney, on the life sentence given to Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the "underwear bomber" who tried to blow up a Detroit-bound plane on Christmas Day 2009
Photo: U.S. Marshals Service, File / AP | Source: NYT