DU`ers have it all figured out.
1) This was done to divert attention away from not having a Public Option.
2) Nigerians celebrate Christmas by setting off fireworks, so he was just innocently trying to celebrate Christmas by setting off some fireworks he snuck on the plane.
Great article! Very disturbing that the terrorist was allowed in at all.
PROFILE ALREADY!
This article clearly shows the failure at DHS to put this guy on the ‘no-fly’ list.
The bomb was undetectable by any means other than a strip search and would have been unnecessary had DHS put this guy on the right list.
Of course, nobody will lose their jobs over this.
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Imagine being at DHS or the US State Department and receiving a letter like this:
ATTENTION: Dear Sir/Madam in United States Department of Homeland Security,
Allow me to introduce myself.
I am Dr. Umaru Abdul Mutallab. I am the retired chairman of the First Bank of Nigeria. I have the courage to Crave indulgence for this important warning believing that you will never let me down or those travelers in your great country, especially to the City of Detroit, either now or in the future.
I am concerned very much over the welfare of my beloved son Mr.Abdul Farouk Abdulmutallab, as I have the suspicious that he is in the entanglement of the dreaded extremist fundamentalist Al Qaeda network. It is one thing to be devout as everyone should strive to be. It is another to take up the cry to kill infidels all over the world.
This is the more troubling as my son has the prospects for a good career in Engineering, and is even in London studying for a job within this field. Perhaps the connection to engineering is what attracted the Al Qaeda to him as they felt he would attract less suspicion.
I do not understand, our family is very important and he has no need to carry on like William Ayers in the United States.
Please be aware of my son if he should fly to your country that I do not feel he should be flying in such bad company.
Most sincerely,
Dr. Umaru Abdul Mutallab
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Anyone receiving a notification of this sort would likely either deep-six it thinking "Nigerian scam, I wonder when he's going to hit me up for a wire transfer" or "Duchy of Grand Fenwick" (The Mouse that Roared).
I feel for the guy, but it doesn't seem like anyone took him seriously in time.