CNN’s Steve Brusk reports that Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab has resumed his cooperation with law-enforcement officials last week, and that he “has been providing useful, current, and actionable intelligence.” Officials tell CNN that leads are “being actively chased.”

As Rich Tweeted, this is very good news if true. But it was still foolhardy and risky to go about trying to get this information with a lawyer in the way.