Here's part of the problem: DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano.
Posted on 12/26/2009 1:37:37 PM PST by reaganaut1
The Nigerian man accused of trying to ignite an incendiary device aboard a trans-Atlantic jetliner on Friday came to the attention of American officials at least “several weeks ago,” but the initial information was not specific enough to raise alarms that he could potentially carry out a terrorist attack, a senior Obama administration official said on Saturday.
The investigative file was opened after the father of the suspect, Abdul Farouk Abdulmutallab, 23, warned officials at the United States Embassy in Nigeria of his son’s increasingly extremist religious views, the official said.
“The information was passed into the system, but the expression of radical extremist views were very nonspecific,” said the senior administration official, who has been briefed on the inquiry but spoke on condition of anonymity because it is continuing. “We were evaluating him, but the information we had was not a lot to go on.”
The incident prompted a significant change to airline security on Saturday. Domestic and international passengers will not be allowed to move about aircraft during the last hour of a flight, and there will be extra screening of baggage at airports.
It was unclear whether Mr. Abdulmutallab’s name was entered into the Terrorist Identities Datamart Environment list, which includes people with known or suspected contact or ties to a terrorist or terrorist organization. That list is maintained by the United States National Counterterrorism Center. It includes about 550,000 names.
Those people, however, are not necessarily placed on the federal government’s so-called no-fly list, which prohibits persons entering the United States because of known or suspected terrorists links. Mr. Abdulmutallab was not on that list, federal officials say.
Mr. Abdulmutallab [...] was carried off the plane handcuffed to a stretcher, his trousers sheared off.
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But don't you think a better move would have been not to allow a terrorist to get on the plane in the first place?
Barry will try the suspect in a Nigerian court for failure to accomplish his mission.
More info on the father alerting U.S. about son...
Heads up.
Somebody needs to tell this father thank you for trying to warn us. It's pretty rare that a father will see the threat his child is let alone try and turn him in. It should have been a pretty big red flag for whoever he talked with.
Oh it's gonna get even better.
New rules imposed by the U.S. Transportation Security Administration also limit on-board activities by customers and crew in U.S. airspace that may adversely impact on-board service. Among other things, during the final hour of flight customers must remain seated, will not be allowed to access carry-on baggage, or have personal belongings or other items on their laps. source
Isn't this the same excuse they had for Hasan who killed 14 in the Military?
Why don’t we just administer sedatives to all passengers prior to taking off — then we won’t have to worry about ANY of this!
Maybe I needed a sarcasm tag in my last post... LOL
Non sequitur.
Well, that could just mean he was seeking an appointment for his son in the Obama administration, maybe as green jobs czar.
These people have nothing , Islam comes along and at least gives them something to believe in, then it gives them things to get riled up about. Next thing you know they are on a plane with a Condom of PETN up their bunghole.
This is getting serious, used to be only Nigerian email scams.
WOW, big words, too bad a sense of humor didn’t come with that dictionary.
Don’t you feel safe with old Janet in charge of Homeland Security? Now she’s changed the rules so you can’t stand up and walk around. Anyone say anything about his guy getting up and walking around? No, I didn’t think so. Yet old Jamit thinks keeping people in their seats is going to keep planes from blowing up.
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Yeah I guess blowing an airplane up over the Atlantic or Pacific WON’T occur within one hour of landing....
yuck yuck yuck
that the terrorist on a 12 hour trip don’t have a few OTHER hours to “pick from” to build and detonate
yuck yuck yuck
Wealthy, quiet, unassuming: the Christmas Day bomb suspect
The inside story of the privileged student who embraced al-Qa’ida and tried to blow a transatlantic jet out of the sky - and the lessons for us all
Reading Comprehension not your strong point?
Did you miss this part? "Oh no not all are poor some are just nuts!"
The statement that I responded to was: "I cannot for the life of me see anyone converting TO Islam for any reason..."
And for most part it is true, poverty and "no hope" is trumped by promises of Virgins and everlasting paradise...
Extremism is the norm especially in the dem party why should they have been alarmed?
Here's part of the problem: DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano.
The father did the right thing. He must be a good man.
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