Man charged in Detroit airline attack relies on lawyer with ‘commanding presence’ to help him

DETROIT — An attorney defending a man accused in a failed plot to bring down a U.S.-bound jetliner faces a tough task pecking away at the government's evidence in a case where the suspect was captured in a snap.

Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, charged with trying to turn an underwear bomb into a weapon of mass destruction, is acting as his own lawyer. But in practice, the young Nigerian is relying on Anthony Chambers to handle the minute-by-minute work in the courtroom.

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Philip Rucker 11 Oct, 2011


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