CIA was tracking 'The Nigerian' as early as August: reports

NY Post ^ | December 29, 2009 | NEWSCORE

[Scanian]

The CIA was tracking a person of interest known as "The Nigerian" - who was in fact airline bomb suspect Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab - as early as August, CBS News reports.

The connection between "The Nigerian" and Abdulmutallab was not made when the 23-year-old's father contacted the U.S. embassy in Nigeria in November to warn them of his son's radicalization.

CIA spokesman Paul Gimigliano said the intelligence agency did not have Abdulmutallab's name until November.

[Carley]

Time for Panetta to be fired.

[DeaconRed]

We are in a mess and most of us here on FR knew this bunch that can't shoot straight would screw things up.
Anybody they replace will be just as bad if not worse.
We can only wait the 3 years with our fingers and toes crossed. Sad but thats it. . . . . with one exception
We can pray for our country. . . . . . . .

[NoControllingLegalAuthority]

This is yet another example of the CIA being so absolutely incompetent they cannot even identify the person they are watching after months of watching him.

The United States is being led by a phalanx of morons.

It is painfully obvious it's every American for himself. There is nobody in charge and nobody but YOU can save YOU.

[Scanian]

I agree.

Anybody competent they might put at the CIA or DHS would immediately lock horns with the White House anyway.

[Scanian]

Which is precisely why it has been so hard to find certain types of ammo for months now.