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.
WTF does he care?
yeah, like Hussein gives a hoot..
Don't bet on it, if ya know what I mean...
guess this wasn’t in the morning. wouldn’t want to interfere with his ESPN watching.
How can someone named Josh Earnest be taken at all seriously. There’s a guy on the local radio who calls himself Rick O’Shey.
Pathetic. Almost six years after the guy moved out of the WH, Obola is STILL blaming GWB for all of Valerie Jarret's policy failures.
Has the plane carrying the dogs and Malaria’s new car taken off yet?
...it’s 4,822 miles from DC to Hawaii or 17.5 hours flight time (round trip) for Obama on Air Force One.
17.5 times the approximate $250,000 per hour to operate that plane is $438,000.00 bucks!
Think of that!
Jeez you’d think the guy was sailing into the maelstrom instead of effing off.
Hussein got his ANNUAL terrorism briefing?? They make it sound it is a newsworthy event that he got a security briefing.
Something in your math is off one place or so.
He ALWAYS goes on vacation. This is —what?— the TENTH just this year..?
His dog got his own OSPREY tilt-rotar aircraft last time they were in Hawaii.
I’ll try to scare up a photo.
Some pesky aide might interrupt a golf game to tell him about it.
Can’t be too careful.
It’s “new” math...
I would guess several planes have already transported a small army to pave the way, Air Force 1 will follow tomorrow.
A 130 kids chopped up by his Islamic buddies doesn’t make any difference to him.
Guess he’s celebrating being christian by going to a warm climate void of religious icons, and the celebratory christmas tree, wreaths, lights, snow, caroling, yeah he’s one great American christian.
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