As evidence that Osama bin Laden was still alive, journalist Peter Bergen wrote: “In late January [24] 2010, bin Laden released a tape praising the Nigerian who had recently tried to blow up the Detroit-bound airliner on Christmas Day, saying, ‘The message delivered to you through the plane of the heroic warrior Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab was a confirmation of the previous messages sent by the heroes of the Sept. 11.’ “
– Peter Bergen, The Longest War, Page 338