Posted on 12/16/2014 4:31:56 PM PST by jazusamo
Before leaving Washington for more than two weeks in the Hawaiian sun, President Obama was briefed Tuesday on the possibility of terrorist threats during the holiday season.
The president met with his national security team on Tuesday to discuss possible dangers, White House press secretary Josh Earnest said.
Fears of a terror attack have intensified in recent days following the release of a Senate report detailing the CIA's harsh interrogation practices during the Bush administration. Those anxieties intensified after an a gunman took hostages at a downtown Sydney cafe. Two people and the gunman, and Iranian refugee, died as Australian police stormed the restaurant.
Earnest said part of the meeting would be devoted to "the ongoing efforts to ensure that our personnel and facilities around the globe are addressing the risk" posed by the release of the CIA report.
But the session would also focus on general holiday travel threats.
"This is something that the president typically does around this time of year, that around the holidays when more people are traveling, that the president gets a full briefing on the terror threats that we're monitoring and in some cases even countering around the globe," White House press secretary Josh Earnest said Tuesday.
Obama officials are likely mindful of the on Christmas Day scare they faced in 2009, when Umar Farouk AbdulMutallab smuggled explosives onto a plane in a failed attempt to destroy an airliner bound for the United States.
Separately, the Department of Homeland Security said Tuesday that it was aware of a message posted online threatening a 9/11 style attack on U.S. movie theaters showing screenings of "The Interview," a comedy poking fun at the North Korean regime.
"We are still analyzing the credibility of these statements, but at this time there is no credible intelligence to indicate an active plot against movie theaters within the United States," a DHS official said.
Just ANOTHER “In Your Face America...”.
No accountability, no opposition, no Constitution, and no law.
Thank You Congress.
I’ll see your 130 dead school children and raise you one Ambassador Chris Stevens!
That graphic is great, shows how pathetic the turkey is.
Kwanzaa in Hawaii....a long held Obama family tradition...but much more enjoyable when funded by the US taxpayers...
You’re absolutely correct.
And three other’s?
ROFL! And WHO pushed Feinswine to release the report then acted like he had nothing to do with it?
Maybe Barry should call all the FREED GITMO TERRORISTS he's released. They might be able to provide intelligence on upcoming attacks.
True. Can’t get more unChristmassy than Hawaii.
..........well, LOL, it wouldn’t be the first time. Google says the mileage is 4,822 miles. I assume the plane travels at 550 mph. That’s 8.76 hours flight time one way. For round trip, you double it to 17.53 flight hours.
My recall is the plane operates at approximately $250,000 per hour. $250,000 times 17.53 is $438,000 bucks.
Where did I go wrong?
Oh, that’s terrible. The Golf Cart is ablaze, and you know how expensive those carts can be! Hate it when that happens.
Is that Chinese Rickshaw repaired yet? I’m sure Johnny Boehner wouldn’t mind pulling the CIC around for 18 holes, although he’ll probably have Mitch McConnell do it.
$250,000 times 17.53 is $438,000 bucks.
(not on my calculator, lol)
............was just there a month ago for my daughters wedding. Had my first ever 100 breakfast (just for me) at the Ritz. Hawaii is waaayyyy to expensive for me.
If ISIS terrorists decide to attack Buckwheat in Hawaii, the mercenary drunks in the Secret Service won’t stop it.
I’m pretty sure there are churches and Christmas events in Hawaii too.
Why should he care about some terror threats or even attacks? As far as he is concerned, everything is proceeding nicely according to The Plan. You can’t make an omelet without breaking a few eggs, you know!
That’d be a shame.
Like most muslims, obama takes a long vacation this time of year to get away from anything Christian/Christmas.
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