[csmusaret]

Then lets publicize the nimrod who approved the panty bombers visa.

[kabar]

The State Department explained Mutallab travelled on visa issued in the US London Embassy issued on June 16, 2008 - two year multiple-entry tourist visa.

The visa was issued before Mutallab's father went to our Embassy in Nigeria. He wasn't on any watch list at that time. According to the State department Embassy Abuja sent the cable to Washington DC where the info went to the National Counterterrorism Center on November 20 where decision was made that info is not sufficient to revoke the visa. Also the spokesman for the State Department Ian Kelly confirmed Mutallab Jr traveled to the USA before on a visa he had before the London 2008 one.

The National Counterterrorism Center is a joint agency operation. It is not the State Department's fault that the visa was not revoked.