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...Northwest/Delta plane flying from Amsterdam to Detroit on Christmas Day, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, a 23-year-old Nigerian, allegedly tried to ignite explosives concealed in his underwear but was overpowered by other passengers. The incident prompted a swift escalation of security measures by airlines, snarling holiday transportation on one of the year's busiest weekends. The apparent lapse that allowed Abdulmutallab to travel--he had been placed on a list of persons of interest but not on the so-called no-fly list after his father warned authorities about his radical tendencies--has led to increased scrutiny...
...passing out blame than I am in learning from and correcting these mistakes to make us safer." He announced no demotions or discipline for anyone, while taking personal responsibility for the oversights. "When the system fails, it is my responsibility," he said. (See pictures from the life of Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab...
...report finds that personnel at the NCTC and CIA who are responsible for creating terrorist watch lists "did not search all available databases to uncover additional derogatory information that could have been correlated" with the suspected bomber, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab. As a result, he was never placed on a watch list that would have prevented him from boarding the plane to Detroit...
...aftermath of the Christmas airline-bombing attempt, U.S. officials are anxiously trying to figure out what went wrong: Why was there a breakdown in communication among intelligence services that allowed the suspected attacker, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, to slip through the cracks? Were clues missed somewhere along...
...warnings about Abdulmutallab came from varying sources - including CIA intercepts in Yemen and the U.S. embassy in Nigeria - and were sent to different U.S. security organizations. Connecting the dots becomes more difficult when multiple streams of intelligence empty into several different lakes, the experts say. (See pictures of Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab...