“The spokesman added: “We are pretty certain that he was radicalised outside the UK. He [Abdulmutallab] left the UK in October 2008.
“But it is also clear that while he was here he was attempting to make contact with people and that is the intelligence we were able to secure from the intelligence services.”
The Brits want it both ways. They don’t want to take the hit that he was radicalized there.
As for us, it is a political decision to keep the no fly list small in order not to antagonize our so called allies. Once again pc bull like in Fort Hood is the order of the day, an order that is killing US.
So two administrations knew about this. WE now know what? That both are inoompetent, and the drones that run security for this country do not have the slightest idea about how to deal with suicidal zombie Islamists, except maybe to kowtow to them or hold their hands while whispering “sweet nothings” in their ears.
For the most part, as each day passes, I think more and more Americans are getting the idea that we cannot count on the Feds for anything good.
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