(CNN) -- The father of terrorism suspect Umar Farouk AbdulMutallab talked about his son's extremist views with someone from the CIA and a report was prepared, but the report was not circulated outside the agency, a reliable source told CNN's Jeanne Meserve on Tuesday. Had that information been shared, the 23-year-old Nigerian who is alleged to have bungled an attempt to blow up a jetliner as it was landing in Detroit, Michigan, on Christmas Day might have been denied passage on the Northwest Airlines flight, the source said. U.S. officials said the father, a former Nigerian banker, expressed his concerns about his son's radicalization during at least one meeting and several calls with officials at the embassy in Nigeria.
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Source: CIA had report on AbdulMutallab weeks before bombing attempt on plane
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Report written after AbdulMutallab's dad spoke to someone with CIA, source says
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Source: If CIA had circulated report, AbdulMutallab might have been kept from plane
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AbdulMutallab charged with trying to detonate explosives on Christmas flight
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