Posted on 12/25/2009 6:01:47 PM PST by Brytani
A White House official said the incident was an attempted act of terrorism. The FBI is investigating and President Obama, celebrating Christmas in Hawaii, was told of the incident about three hours after the plane landed, officials said.
Obama has told White House officials that all appropriate measures be taken to increase security for air travel, a spokesman said. Nevertheless, officials said, they are not prepared to raise the terrorism alert level, currently at orange -- or the second-highest of five levels -- for domestic and international air travel.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
Or on the White House visitors log.
When the terrorists smell weakness (namely Obama), they will strike.
1. Fort Hood
2. Detroit
In two months two attacks.
For example, and I know many of you experience this...
We have a rep to the US congress in our state, Gwen Moore. That district is purely inner city Milwaukee (not unlike any big city's districts). Take a look at her, she's our future, she's one cherry short of a fruit cake compared to Cynthia McKinney. She makes laws, she represents us! Everyone, please pray for our future and fight, she can't put two sentences together. She can't formulate an idea. Until we abolish the DEA, we're doomed. Fight, we can't get tired, now's not the time. We need to keep the pressure on, we can't say, well, we lost health care. We can't say well, we lost our country!
What is it with B.O. and this White House taking hours to acknowledge Ft. Hood and now this? Amazing how they fast-tracked the healthcare takover vote
DOWN TO THE MINUTE, yet they dither and dawdle as they try to coordinate their spin on THIS. They plan to give B.O. another update at dinner, they say. Is that before—or after—the pina coladas?
Or, as Rush said about the Clinton administration:
"Criminal, or stupid?"
Thank you!MC
Shows you what the economy is really like. 3000 planes on Christmas Day 2009, when at 9:00 AM on September 11, 2001 there were over 4500 in the sky.
You know, if we did that to a couple of guys who wanted to blow up planes, perhaps they’d give up the notion of blowing up planes.
Increase security on all incoming airlines.
Immediatly contact the FAA, NTSB, FBI, CIA and all groups who have a part in protecting us from terrorism as well as airline security to find out what needs to be done.
Initiate an immediate investigation into how a person who is on the Terrorist Watch List and/or No Fly List (Depending on the source) got on a plane heading to the US with exploive materials?
Contact the passengers/crew and give his thanks.
Or, just be a leader.
well he called the white cop stupidly verily quick..uh?
Maybe you should detail your expectation of what EXACTLY the president is supposed to do?
Far from defending him...how was I possibly defending him?
But you and several others are acting like emotional girls who have lost all rational thought and are simply lashing out with no specific results in mind.
Quit acting like Obama OR ANY OTHER PRESIDENT is some hero that must be consulted to do anything at all...and without whom nothing can be done.
I trust that we have some competent and capable anti-terrorist and counter-terrorist folks who know how to take care of business without the president’s supervision.
Even better without the president’s supervision.
I bet Obama will smoke an extra pack of cigarettes today and tonight. That’s real concern.
Maybe. Don’t know if it would stop em from wanting to blow up planes... but it would bypass the national discussion about what to do with this guy in the future. How to house him, what state to drop him off in.... and whether or not he got tortured while he was questioned.
http://www.facebook.com/people/Umar-Farouk/569702464';
save this page. Is this the Facebook page of Al Qaeda terrorist Umar Farouk AbdulMutallab?
But they trashed Bush’s 9/11 response because 7 minutes into a first grade story hour he biffed his office of president. The libs can’t have it both ways. 3 hours vs 7 minutes. What happens if that plane exploded? What happens if there were 15 more planes? The media has you suckered.
What works is people on a plane beating the guy to death. That's what should have happened.
already wiped. :(
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.