Officials: Only A Failed Detonator Saved Northwest Flight

ABC ^ | 12/27/09 | RICHARD ESPOSITO and BRIAN ROSS

[Nachum]

Officials now say tragedy was only averted on Northwest flight 253 because a makeshift detonator failed to work properly. Share Man accused of attempt to blow up plane was sent on mission by terror leaders.

Bomb experts say there was more than enough explosive to bring down the Northwest jet, which had nearly 300 people aboard, had the detonator not failed, and the nation's outdated airport screening machines may need to be upgraded.

[weeweed]

The flying Dutchman.

[CharlesWayneCT]

But the system worked!!! Napalitano said so.

Must be some system that was able to force the bomber to build a bad detonator.

[Blood of Tyrants]

"So once again, we have the U.S. government, as in the case of the Fort Hood attacks, knowing about someone, knowing that they were suspicious, but that information didn't get to the right people in time."

This is coming to be the SOP for the Obumbler administration.

[njmaugbill]

“3. Obama’s State Dept did nothing to revoke Abdul Farouk Abdulmutallab’s VISA after Abdul’s father told the US Embassy that his son was a MUSLIM Extremist.”

That should read:

3. Hillary Clinton’s State Dept. did nothing, etc....

[Gandalf_The_Gray]

...and the nation's outdated airport screening machines may need to be upgraded.

Fat lot of good that will do, the flight originated in Amsterdam!

Regards,
GtG

[Glenn]

The bad guys will continue to work on ways to defeat the system. And the good guys will continue to be reassuring to the lot of us.

[Quix]

Lord, God, please protect all those who love you and all Freepers flying this CHRISTmas season.

May ever weapon formed against us on such planes fizzle or not even be used in the least way.

[Quix]

I suspect that a certain percentage of LEO’s are being prevented from catching folks . . . somehow.

[beaversmom]

:) Guess that Dutchman was part of the system.

[LA Woman3]

Dry run for the winter Olympics??

[upchuck]

and the nation's outdated airport screening machines may need to be upgraded.

Here we go again. IMHO, unfortunately, it's going to take a nuclear mushroom over a major city or something similar to convince these dolts that you don't screen for things, you screen for people. Dumbasses are gonna get a bunch of us killed.

[goat granny]

I don’t think he has a lap anymore...

[Candor7]

Leave the rest of America alone, and strip search all passengers who are ethnic Muslims. Require all ethnic Muslims to pre board 3 hours before a flight.

All Muslims should have a baggage search, and an interview before boarding.

Low tech works best.

[swheats]

Thank God.

[Candor7]

Take that EFFING ACORN money ( 8 billion) and put it where it will do some good.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Well...clearly the Bushies did it all wrong!

And they also...FR thread:

Men believed behind airplane plot were freed from Gitmo (in 2007)

[Marine_Uncle]

But it should go back to BJClinton messing up the blue dress in the closet, while Sandy Burglar tried to reach him for over an hour to blow up the white robe moving about the compound.