Unconnected dots, yet again, on a terror attempt

Washington Post ^ | 12/28/2009 | Editorial

[cyn]

It’s as if terrorists are merely drawing images on an Etch-a-Sketch. A few shakes by the Obama administration, and there’s nothing more to see, connect, or erase.

That is an all too appropriate image, and describes what we're seeing with the excuses given for yesterday's incident, what we've seen time after time ... it happens before our eyes.

number one threat facing our nation? “Our mainstream media.”

[uncommonsense]

"in this case there were no "dots" of connection needed"

Exactly:
1) The terrorist's dad must have connections with US officials monitoring terrorism.
2) The terrorist's dad knows what he's talking about.
3) The terrorist's dad knows his own son - it's not like a bank flagging a random cash transfer of more than $10,000 (in the USA, this must be reported to authorities).

#1: His father, former CEO of a bank in Nigeria (where more then a few terrorists reside), would have had to deal with Homeland Security directly in cooperation with President Bush's global war on terror.

#2: Banks are on the front line of the "war on man made disasters". They are the eyes and ears of security officials, legally mandated to continuously look for suspicious activities or patterns and report them immediately. Due to the sensitive nature of the information, only the top-level executives and front line staff who are directly involved in the issue have authorization to discuss evidence with the US security agency in charge.

#3: A father is not going to report his son unless he is absolutely certain that his son has the desire, ability, and opportunity to kill himself and others. I believe his father reported his son to US authorities because he knew there was an operation in progress that would most likely result in the death of his son - not because his son was planning to kill innocent US citizens (just a hunch on the 2nd part).