You all need to look around - there are several more articles about this issue.
Leave it to CNN to not give you the truth. This WAS NOT fireworks. The guy tried to blow the plane up. He had explosive powder strapped to his leg - and he tried to pour some liquid on it to cause the explosion. He only succeeding in burning himself - but there was no excuse for him even being on the plane.
.. HE WAS ALREADY ON THE “NO FLY” LIST!!
It gets even worse. NY Rep. Peter King now offering on CNN that the terrorist WAS NOT on a no fly list, but his name comes up immediately among terrorists on search engines. So now the question is: Why wasn’t he on the “No Fly” list? How is that possible?