U.S. DISCOVERED BOMBER MIDFLIGHT: American intelligence was closer to stopping al Qaeda operative Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab than previously thought—but it was still a case of too little too late. U.S. border security found out about the bomber's identity when he was already aboard the plane and en route to Detroit; they planned to detain him when the plane landed. The Los Angeles Times reports that, had the intelligence been discovered sooner, Abdulmutallab could have been interrogated before he boarded the flight in Amsterdam; however, even then, American officials' actions would have been limited by Dutch authorities, who would ultimately decide whether the intelligence was strong enough to search or ground the man.
Wait a second. If this were true, why didn't they inform the pilot? The crew? This information opens up more questions and still doesn't make me feel comfortable they know what they're doing or know how to act on intelligence.
Also, there is already politicization of "Obama's response." See this.
The official said the president believes that previous administrations would "play hide the ball" and not come clean with the American people when things go wrong, so he wants to be direct about what needs to be fixed, but the official said the president does not want this process to devolve into finger-pointing.
Eh? What are they talking about? The 9/11 Commission Report was completely open, detailed, and comprehensive. And what about the Iraq Study Group? A bi-partisan Congressional analysis of the Iraq War. On what level did the Bush Administration not "come clean" with the American people? Is this guy getting his information from Michael Moore movies? Jesus frigging Christ, the whole reason the country elected Obama was because everyone was sick of talking about Bush and they instinctively go back to it. Really saddening.
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