| 79% Say Another Terror Attack Likely Within Year (Rasmussen Reports) Posted: 28 Dec 2009 08:28 AM PST Rasmussen Reports - A Nigerian Muslim's attempt to blow up an airliner landing in Detroit on Christmas Day has Americans much more concerned about the dangers of another terrorist attack. |
| Napolitano concedes airline security system failed (AP) Posted: 28 Dec 2009 08:25 AM PST  AP - Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano conceded Monday that the aviation security system failed when a young man on a watchlist with a U.S. visa in his pocket and a powerful explosive hidden on his body was allowed to board a fight from Amsterdam to Detroit.
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| Attempted Airline Attack Raises New Security Concerns (Bloomberg) Posted: 28 Dec 2009 07:56 AM PST Bloomberg - Dec. 28 (Bloomberg) -- The ability of a suspected terrorist to bring explosives on board a U.S. plane exposes vulnerabilities in an aviation security system that had been overhauled and strengthened since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. |
| UK says plane bomb suspect on routine watchlist (AP) Posted: 28 Dec 2009 07:48 AM PST  AP - The man accused of trying to blow up a US-bound airliner was not flagged in Britain as a potential terror suspect — he was merely put on a standard watch list of people whose visa applications were rejected, British officials said Monday.
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| Terror suspect's family sought, got no help (AP) Posted: 28 Dec 2009 07:37 AM PST AP - The Nigerian man accused of trying to bring down a U.S. airliner cut off contact with his relatives and disappeared from their lives until they awoke to news of the attempted Christmas Day attack, his family said Monday. |
| Detroit explosive common, easily detectible (AP) Posted: 28 Dec 2009 06:42 AM PST AP - The explosive device used by the would-be Detroit bomber contained a widely available — and easily detected — chemical explosive that has a long history of terrorist use, according to government officials and explosive experts. |
| System to keep air travel safe failed: Napolitano (Reuters) Posted: 28 Dec 2009 05:45 AM PST  Reuters - The system aimed at keeping air travel secure failed when a Nigerian man who was suspected of ties to militants managed to smuggle explosives aboard a flight, U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said on Monday.
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| Nigerian terror attack suspect: a life of privilege and elite schools (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 28 Dec 2009 05:42 AM PST The Christian Science Monitor - As a member of an upper-crust Nigerian family, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab received the best schooling, from the elite British International School in West Africa to the vaunted University College London. |
| Obama orders security review after failed attack (AFP) Posted: 28 Dec 2009 06:58 AM PST  AFP - President Barack Obama ordered a review of US no-fly lists and passengers faced sweeping new restrictions on Monday after a failed bid to blow up a transatlantic airliner.
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| Attempted Airline Bombing Raises New Concerns About Security (Bloomberg) Posted: 27 Dec 2009 09:01 PM PST Bloomberg - Dec. 28 (Bloomberg) -- The ability of a suspected terrorist to bring explosives on board a U.S. plane exposes vulnerabilities in an aviation security system that had been overhauled and strengthened since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. |
| U.S. probing if al Qaeda linked to airplane incident (Reuters) Posted: 27 Dec 2009 08:13 PM PST  Reuters - The Obama administration said on Sunday it was investigating whether al Qaeda was involved in a Christmas Day attempt to blow up a passenger jet and sought to head off Republican attacks over its anti-terrorism measures.
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| Foiled plane attack puts Al-Qaeda threat in focus (AFP) Posted: 27 Dec 2009 06:37 PM PST  AFP - Regardless of whether or not the Nigerian who tried to blow up a US-bound jet on Christmas Day was instructed in Yemen by Al-Qaeda, the White House insists it is not slacking in its anti-terror battle.
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| White House warns foes on terror politics (AFP) Posted: 27 Dec 2009 06:03 PM PST  AFP - The White House warned political foes not to provoke a partisan tug of war over terrorism, with President Barack Obama yet to publicly address the thwarted attack on a US airliner.
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| Obama to probe security gaps that allowed terror suspect on plane (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 27 Dec 2009 03:21 PM PST  McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama has ordered an investigation into possible U.S. security gaps that enabled a Nigerian man of known extremist leanings to keep his U.S. visa, smuggle explosives aboard a Christmas Day passenger flight and ignite them, the White House said Sunday.
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| Alleged airline terrorist transferred to prison (AP) Posted: 27 Dec 2009 01:47 PM PST AP - An attorney for a Nigerian man charged with trying to blow up a Northwest Airlines plane near Detroit says he's been transferred to a federal prison. |
| FBI gives all-clear on second Detroit airport incident (AFP) Posted: 27 Dec 2009 01:26 PM PST  AFP - The FBI said an incident Sunday aboard the same Northwest flight that a Nigerian terror suspect attempted to bomb on Christmas Day was a "non-serious incident."
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| Why did US let Abdulmutallab get on a plane to Detroit? (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 27 Dec 2009 12:39 PM PST The Christian Science Monitor - Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano insisted Sunday that there was no “specific and credible†information to put the alleged attempted bomber of Northwest Flight 253, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, on the federal “no fly†list. |
| 'Disturbance' on same flight as Christmas terror attempt (AFP) Posted: 27 Dec 2009 12:25 PM PST AFP - A Northwest Airlines flight crew sought emergency assistance Sunday for a disruptive passenger who was taken into custody as the plane landed in Detroit, an airline official said. |
| Airliner plot raises fears about al-Qaida in Yemen (AP) Posted: 27 Dec 2009 12:22 PM PST  AP - A Nigerian man's claim that his attempt to blow up a U.S. plane originated with al-Qaida's network inside Yemen deepened concerns that instability in the Middle Eastern country is providing the terror group with a base to train and recruit militants for operations against the West and the U.S.
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