Posted on 12/27/2009 7:49:25 AM PST by Zakeet
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said Sunday there was no indication so far that a botched terror attack on a U.S. airliner was part of a broad international effort.
"Right now we have no indication that it is part of anything larger," Napolitano told CNN's "State of the Union" program.
A lone suspect allegedly tried to ignite an explosive device on a Northwest Airlines flight from Amsterdam, The Netherlands to Detroit, Michigan on Christmas Day.
The device apparently failed to detonate and the suspect was subdued.
Napolitano said the suspect, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, was on a broad security watch list that contains "half a million" names and is shared with airlines and foreign security agencies. However, a lack of specific evidence prevented him from being classified as a greater security risk that would bar him from travel to the United States, she said.
"You need information that is specific and credible if you're going to bar people from air travel," Napolitano said.
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Al-Qaida member in Yemen issued bomb threat ahead of botched Christmas operation
Star Tribune (AP) ^ | December 27, 2009 | JOSEF FEDERMAN
Well, at least they didn’t write, “alleged attempted attack”.../s
You just now figuring that out? These people ARE trying to get us killed. Bozo needs a major crisis to gain back people's support. He somehow thinks if he neglects security and allows a few hundred(maybe a few thousand)people to die he can become the big hero saving the country.
He hasn't a clue that his attitude after the fact on these attacks(Ft. Hood etc.)are making people see him as the cause of these attacks. If a big one actually occurs, his ratings will really fall through the floor.
..you practically need to wear a hat with I AM A TERRORIST..etc...
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No, they would smile at his cleverness and concentrate on someone such as myself with a VIETNAM VET hat on that was carrying his medals and grandchild in diapers...or some other such terrorist act....
WE ARE IN DEEP DEEP KIMCHI
When you are up to your neck in $h-t and someone throws a bucket of snot at you, do you duck????????
Can’t you just see her on the SCOTUS? (she’s a favorite ya know?)
The simple law of physics will soon be applied to all liberals and progressives. The funniest thing to see is when it dawns upon them this is one law they cannot repeal.
Gee, I guess we averted another Man-Made Disaster, eh Janet?
These Obama people could be world class comedians if their idiocy and dishonesty didn't endanger large numbers of people. They change the parameters for what is and isn't a terrorist attack with each terrorist attack. Very recently, it was "no ties to terrorist organizations", but that one doesn't work this time.
But using this new, greatly expanded criteria - no indication of a wider plot - the same can be said about 9/11. There was no indication on 9/11/2009 that those terrorists intended to do any more than take down the WTC towers, the Pentagon and some other major Washington buildings. Beyond that, there was no evidence of a wider plot that day. Nothing to worry about.
Dumb, ugly and liberal is a deadly combination.
Napolitano: No indication of wider plot in botched airline attack - but just to be safe, Napolitano ordered increased scrutiny of WWII Medal of Honor veterans.
Dear Leader’s fault.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5h8vQklBs9xrxofvmdvPzvz4Ml1DQ
Al-Qaeda vows revenge for Yemeni strike: TV
(AFP) – 5 days ago
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The New York Times reported that US President Barack Obama approved firepower, intelligence and other support for Yemen’s efforts against Al-Qaeda.
"You need information that is specific and credible if you're going to bar people from air travel" - Baghdad Butch
Wow! She thinks that having notified all aircraft in the air within one and a half hours is an indicator of success. If it were a coordinated attack, then the evil scum would have simultaneously ignited their bombs. Within 90 minutes, probably half the aircraft in the air would have landed.
And what's with this "128 flights"? There are roughly 5,000 IFR aircraft in the air over the US at any given time.
So tell us, then, how the perp got ahold of PETN, Janet.
I did, but it sounded strangely like the chirping of crickets.
She is claiming that the system worked, but what system is she talking about? Certainly not security.
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Janet Napolitano Bonaparte
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Reminds me more of the oft-reproduced photo of an ambitious journalist
known as “Il Duce” (Mussolini).
[”Right now we have no indication that it is part of anything larger,” ]
stupid muzzie enabling b!tch.....there is a witness to the individual being helped to board without a passport......
This woman is going to need permanent back care under NObamacare.
She manages at this time to motor around with her head buried in the sand.
Some feat.
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