[onyx]

Expired passportm but new papers showing he applied for new passport:

Enter the well dressed Indian gent at Amsterdam...

“He’s from the Sudan and we do this all the time.”

[Liz]

Abdulmutallab's passport had expired......but he had applied for new passport. Enter the well-dressed Indian gent as the undie bomber was boarding at Amsterdam. “He’s from the Sudan and we do this all the time.”

Oh, I'm so relieved. That explains it....(/sarc).