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A slightly charred and singed underpants with the explosive packet removed from the crotch is seen in government photos obtained exclusively by ABC News.

This image of a graphic which appeared on a Web site frequently used by militants to disseminate their messages, purports to show Nigerian Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab superimposed over an image of a airplane, with Arabic script which translates in English, beginning with the white script over the blue background, as: "Al-Qaida group in the Arabian Peninsula the Operation of the Mujahid brother Umar al-Farouk the Nigerian," and in the red script, below: "in retaliation to the American aggression on Yemen." In a statement posted on the site dated Saturday Dec. 26, 2009, Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula has claimed responsibility for the attack on a U.S. airliner bound for Detroit on Christmas Day. In the statement, al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula said Abdulmutallab coordinated with members of the group, an alliance of militants based in Saudi Arabia and Yemen.

In this 2001 image made available on Monday Dec. 28 2009 by teacher Mike Rimmer, Nigerian Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab , right, poses with a group of fellow pupils from Lome's International School, Togo, while on a school trip to London.

Unidentified men walk in front of the house of Alhaji Umar Abdul Mutallab, the father of Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the alleged Christmas Day terrorist, in Funtua, Katsina state, Nigeria, Sunday Dec. 27, 2009. The house only serves as family residence and is only attended to when there is a wedding ceremony , because the families are living either in Kaduna, Abuja or overseas.

In this 2001 image made available on Monday Dec. 28 2009 by teacher Mike Rimmer, Nigerian Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, left, poses with fellow pupils from Lome's International School, Togo, while on a school trip to London.

In this 2001 image made available on Monday Dec. 28 2009 by teacher Mike Rimmer, Nigerian Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab left, poses in Trafalgar Square with a group of fellow pupils from Lome's International School, Togo, while on a school trip to London.

In this 2001 image made available on Monday Dec. 28 2009 by teacher Mike Rimmer, Nigerian Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, left, poses with a fellow pupil from Lome's International School, Togo, while on a school trip to London.

In this 2001 image made available on Monday Dec. 28, 2009 by teacher Mike Rimmer, Nigerian Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab poses with a group of fellow pupils from Lome's International School, Togo, while on a school trip to London.

In this undated image made available on Monday Dec. 28 2009 by teacher Mike Rimmer, Nigerian Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab poses for a picture while he was a pupil at the International school , Lome, Togo.

In this undated image made available on Monday Dec. 28 2009 by teacher Mike Rimmer, Nigerian Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab poses for a picture at the International school , Lome, Togo.

In this 2001 image made available on Monday Dec. 28 2009 by teacher Mike Rimmer, Nigerian Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab front left, smiling, poses with anti-war campaigner Brian Haw in front of Britain's Parliament with a group of fellow pupils from Lome's International School, Togo, while on a school trip to London.

In this 2001 image made available on Monday Dec. 28 2009 by teacher Mike Rimmer, Nigerian Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab front left, smiling, poses with a group of fellow pupils from Lome's International School, Togo, while on a school trip to London.

This Dec. 2009 photo released by the U.S. Marshal's Service on Monday Dec. 28, 2009 shows Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab in Milan, Mich.