Posted on 12/29/2009 7:28:18 PM PST by kristinn
HONOLULU — President Obama declared Tuesday that there had been a “systemic failure” of the nation’s security apparatus after being told about more missed signals and uncorrelated intelligence that should have prevented a would-be bomber from boarding a flight for the United States.
The president was told during a private briefing on Tuesday morning while vacationing here in Hawaii that the government had a variety of information in its possession before the thwarted bombing that would have been a clear warning sign had it been shared among agencies, a senior official said.
Two officials said the government had intelligence from Yemen before Friday that leaders of a branch of Al Qaeda there were talking about “a Nigerian” being prepared for a terrorist attack. While the information did not include a name, officials said it would have been evident had it been compared to information about Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the 23-year-old Nigerian charged with trying to blow up a Northwest Airlines flight to Detroit on Christmas Day.
The government also had more information about where Mr. Abdulmutallab had been and what some of his plans were.
Some of the information at the time was partial or incomplete, and it was not obvious that it was connected, the official said, but in retrospect it now appears clear that had it all been examined together it would have pointed to the pending attack. The official said the administration was “increasingly confident” that Al Qaeda had a role in the attack, as the group’s Yemeni branch has publicly claimed.
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Batteries go in that slot.
Obama apparently liked Systemic failure so well he stole it.
http://www.inteldaily.com/news/126/ARTICLE/8899/2008-12-03.html
Pakistani TV: ‘Hindu Zionists’ and Mossad Behind Mumbai Massacre & Systemic failure seen in India’s response to attacks
Yep..so we don’t send anything either we just tell them we do to get rid of them and we also tell them we contribute to our local conservative candidates.
Not only are republicans not like those of the past neither are democrats.
I held my nose and voted for McCain only because of SArah. Isn’t it funny now how all those people who said Sarah was not qualified to be VP but 0bama was qualified to be President when she HAD credentials behind her to support her and he had Zero, just like his nom de plume!
The same 'info' about the Nutty Nigerian would have been available, and I don't think they would have been able to keep it under their collective MSM hat.
Hindsight is 20/20.
The problem was that some official in Nigeria took a bribe (imagine that) to let a potential bomber on the airliner headed for the US. The security procedures would have worked, but this person and his ‘benefactor’ couldn’t get through the normal ticket procedure. He didn’t even have a passport.
Some official at the airport allowed this to happen, and that name is being kept secret from the US public. Granted it is a foreign nation’s official, but they know who it was.
Maybe INTERPOL will jump right on the problem. (since they are such good buddies of Obama)
I’ll even help. It was the AIRPORT in LAGOS, NIGERIA, and it was NORTHWESTERN Flight 253. (Note to INTERPOL: Don’t let the ‘DELTA’ on the tail fool you)
A divot.
I could closely echo your sentiments.
A learning moment...don't threaten to put your intelligence officers on trial for doing their jobs...bad things will happen. Get it now Holder?
If you find out any information that will help about Congressional candidates, please let me know.
I’ve decided to send my Republican party donation directly to a few candidates in races where it might help, but I’m not sure who fits the bill... conservative candidates that have a chance, but aren’t a shoo-in.
I am in the same mode. My little problem is I work shift work, and some days may work up to eight days plus with not a day off depending on how scheduling takes place, and to boot may work one day getting up at 3:30AM to be at work at 5AM then the total opposite the next day having to work till 11PM, and every shift hour in between. I have little time to carefully follow who is worth considering nation wide or even in my own state. I depend on sites like this to help guide me as who may be worth supporting.
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