Did the intelligence on this guy rise to the level of putting him on the no fly list?
Evidently not.
Yet the retrospective view is always perfect, right?
How many others are out there that may have some sort of links to terrorist groups but haven't done anything themselves to be put on the No Fly list...yet.
How much unproven suspicion qualifies one for the No Fly list?
How tight do you make the net?
How do you guarantee that nothing will ever happen?
How do you establish a system that works without fail, without criticism, and without second guessing?
Does this mean that we have to staff foreign airports with US staff? Would that even be possible?
At what point does the flying public refuse to fly and give terrorists that victory?
I've flown out of Lagos and out of Amsterdam and neither were lacking in technology or manpower.
How does one prevent the corruption that allowed him to board the plane?
How does one absolutely prevent everything yet preserve the public's ability to travel?
There is a report out tonight that the State Department gave all counterterrorism agencies the heads up on Umar on November 20th, two days after his father notified the U.S. Embassy. The ball was in the court of those agencies and the buck stops there.
Why are you so defensive of a Muslim terrorist who tried to kill 300 people?