Posted on 12/27/2009 7:49:25 AM PST by Zakeet
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said Sunday there was no indication so far that a botched terror attack on a U.S. airliner was part of a broad international effort.
"Right now we have no indication that it is part of anything larger," Napolitano told CNN's "State of the Union" program.
A lone suspect allegedly tried to ignite an explosive device on a Northwest Airlines flight from Amsterdam, The Netherlands to Detroit, Michigan on Christmas Day.
The device apparently failed to detonate and the suspect was subdued.
Napolitano said the suspect, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, was on a broad security watch list that contains "half a million" names and is shared with airlines and foreign security agencies. However, a lack of specific evidence prevented him from being classified as a greater security risk that would bar him from travel to the United States, she said.
"You need information that is specific and credible if you're going to bar people from air travel," Napolitano said.
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Of course there is a wider plot, its called ISLAMIC TERROR.
Using her logic, even if the guy’s Dad says he’s dangerous, the US government doesn’t consider him a danger, until he tweets his buddies and lights the fuse?
To protect himself and his party politically, Obama may replace this Homeland Security czar-dufus and maybe a couple of others.
“If the plane had exploded, it would have been blamed on Bush policies.....” Maybe, but I bet if it had exploded the center fuel tank would get the blame.
Maybe international arrivals, or even just trans-Atlantic arrivals?
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