‘Underwear bomber’ sues over prison treatment

Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the Nigerian who tried to blow up a US-bound aircraft in 2009 with explosives hidden in his underwear, has sued the US Justice department for alleged mistreatment in prison. Sentenced to life in a hyper-secure Colorado “Supermax” prison, Abdulmutallab said in a suit filed Wednesday that he had been denied contact with family…