Farouk

Umar Farouk is not a moron, and then, what went wrong?

Pantsbomber psyche laid bare in messageboard archives (corrected) Boing Boing 2009

It's important to understand that on January 4, a preferred spokesman for the White House, Richard Wolffe, told us that the president was leaning toward a conspiracy of malefactors who "maybe" let it happen, namely the Farouk mission.

Printing: "Conspiracy or cock up?" White House reaction to ersatz bomber 2010

In the Marcos accounting, a central question -- what might be called the Farouk

TIME.com: Top Stories 2010

Once Archeology let out, I had a lot of free time until dinner, and I remembered that Dr. Farouk El-Baz from the Center for Remote Sensing had e-mailed me saying I was free to visit his office at any time, so I decided to go visit the College of Arts and Sciences building and see if he was in.

Zoe P. Strassfield: The Best First Day of School Ever! Zoe P. Strassfield 2011

Once Archeology let out, I had a lot of free time until dinner, and I remembered that Dr. Farouk El-Baz from the Center for Remote Sensing had e-mailed me saying I was free to visit his office at any time, so I decided to go visit the College of Arts and Sciences building and see if he was in.

Zoe P. Strassfield: The Best First Day of School Ever! Zoe P. Strassfield 2011

Remember Farouk Hosni, the culture minister that Mubarak tried to install as the head of UNESCO right after he had promised to burn, with his own hands, any book in Hebrew that might have escaped the notice of the police and still remained in the library of Alexandria?

Bernard-Henri Lévy: Egypt: Year Zero Bernard-Henri Lévy 2011

Remember Farouk Hosni, the culture minister that Mubarak tried to install as the head of UNESCO right after he had promised to burn, with his own hands, any book in Hebrew that might have escaped the notice of the police and still remained in the library of Alexandria?

Bernard-Henri Lévy: Egypt: Year Zero Bernard-Henri Lévy 2011

The best-known examples help prove the point: the "shoe bomber," Richard Reid, and "Times Square bomber," Faisal Shahzad, are both serving life sentences in maximum-security federal penitentiaries; Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the "underwear bomber," has been found guilty in federal court and is awaiting sentencing.

Ginny Sloan: Obama Must Veto Defense Authorization Bill Ginny Sloan 2011

Remember Farouk Hosni, the culture minister that Mubarak tried to install as the head of UNESCO right after he had promised to burn, with his own hands, any book in Hebrew that might have escaped the notice of the police and still remained in the library of Alexandria?

Bernard-Henri Lévy: Egypt: Year Zero Bernard-Henri Lévy 2011

The best-known examples help prove the point: the "shoe bomber," Richard Reid, and "Times Square bomber," Faisal Shahzad, are both serving life sentences in maximum-security federal penitentiaries; Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the "underwear bomber," has been found guilty in federal court and is awaiting sentencing.

Ginny Sloan: Obama Must Veto Defense Authorization Bill Ginny Sloan 2011