The third would-be bomber was also from Pakistan.
They also arrested four people, including the suspected would-be bomber.
That's what stopped the alleged would-be bomber, 23-year-old Nigerian Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, on Friday.
The would-be bomber is said to have told his interrogators that Mr. Awlaki recruited him for the operation.
The scheme was thwarted by the would-be bomber, who turned out to be a double agent working for Western intelligence.
The suspected would-be bomber is reported to have denied links to the cell that killed 52 people two weeks earlier.
The would-be bomber was dressed in a black jacket and used a black scarf and hood to hide his identity.
Nor can someone muddy the waters by implying that the would-be bomber is, in fact, some sort of pinko commie.
The would-be bomber was acting nervously in a way that Afghans could recognize but that Americans were oblivious to, and the translator picked up on it.
Mr. Bianco confirmed that the would-be bomber, Ahmed Ressam, who was convicted in April of smuggling explosives into Washington State from Canada, would testify against Mr. Haouari.
The bombing never happened because Mr. Ressam, the would-be bomber, was arrested at the Canadian border on Dec. 14, 1999.
