Plane Attack on 12/25. 3 days later Obummah comes ouf of his vacation Hoochie Mammas
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Loy Ya.
Arizona Bushwhacker
all you get to use to bad-mouth Obama, you'll just have
to keep praying for a successful terrorist attack?
Right ass-hole!
Can you imagine the political points the idiot fucking
republicans could score if the terrorists were to
launch an attack that killed millions of Americans.
I bet your mouth is watering just dreaming of such
an attack.
At this point you have to ask yourself...
What the fuck is wrong with those idiot republicans
who were praying for dead Americans on Christmas day?
And for no better reason than they wanted a photo-op
of themselves standing over the dead bodies to
score cheep political points against Obama.
What a bunch of sick fucks these republicans really are!
Praying for dead Americans just so they can use the dead
bodies for a photo-op! How sick can these idiots get?
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"Arizona Bushwhacker" <ArizonaBu...@cox.net> wrote in message
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Administration Knew of Tactic Used in Airliner Attack Since October
Monday, 04 Jan 2010 01:19 PM Article Font Size
By: David A. Patten
The Obama administration official who declared there was "no smoking gun"
that could have alerted authorities about an al-Qaida plot to bring down a
U.S. airliner over Detroit had received a personal, high-level briefing in
October warning of a new al-Qaida tactic of hiding a bomb in an attacker's
underwear.
On Fox News Sunday, John Brennan, assistant to the president for homeland
security, told host Chris Wallace, "There was no smoking gun. There was no
piece of intelligence that said, 'This guy's a terrorist. He's going to get
on a plane.' No, not whatsoever."
Brennan's comment evoked derision from international expert Arnaud de
Borchgrave Monday during an exclusive interview with Newsmax.TV's Kathleen
Walter.
"I would call that twaddle in all its unrational splendor," said de
Borchgrave, author, syndicated columnist, and director of the Center for
Strategic and International Studies. "It's ridiculous to maintain such a
thing. But [Brennan] is trying to put the best face possible on a very
difficult situation. I've known him a long time, he's a highly competent
man."
Despite Brennan's contention that no smoking gun preceded the attack,
Newsweek reported that Brennan received a personal briefing in October from
Muhammad bin Nayef, the Saudi Prince who narrowly survived an al-Qaida
assassination attempt in August. Nayef was wounded in the explosion, which
used the same technique, and the same PETN explosive material, that
authorities say Nigerian Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab employed to try to bring
down a Northwest airliner on Christmas Day.
Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula claimed responsibility for both attacks.
An intelligence source told Newsweek bin Nayef personally briefed Brennan
because "he didn't think [U.S. officials] were paying enough attention" to
the growing al-Qaida threat in Yemen, Newsweek reported.
U.S. intelligence sources say they believe the same bomb maker built both
devices.
Brennan told CNN that, although he personally toured the site of the bombing
in Saudi Arabia and met with bin Nayef, "There was no indication, though,
that al-Qaida was trying to use that type of attack and that modus operandi
against aircraft."
In December 2002, however, convicted terrorist Richard Reid tried to ignite
PETN hidden in his shoe, in an attempt to destroy American Airlines Flight
63. Authorities who analyzed the attack later concluded that, if successful,
the explosion could have destroyed the aircraft.
Brennan's comment marked the second time a high-level Obama administration
official appeared to downplay the extent of the lapse.
Immediately after the attempted Detroit bombing, Homeland Security Secretary
Janet Napolitano stated that the "system worked really smoothly."
This despite the fact that a suspect with known terrorist inclinations
boarded a U.S.-bound flight without being searched. She later said her
remarks were taken out of context.
Brennan, who has served in both Republican and Democratic administrations,
also directed strident criticism at former Vice President Dick Cheney, who
recently stated: "But we are at war, and when President Obama pretends we
aren't, it makes us less safe."
"It's disappointing to me that either the vice president and others have
willfully mischaracterized President Obama's position and actions, or
they're just ignorant of the facts," Brennan said.
"I think in either case, it doesn't speak well to sort of the reasons why
they sort of went out and said these things."
President Obama has stated the intelligence lapse that allowed Abdulmutallab
to board the flight without a thorough search reflected a "systemic
failure."
The State Department Monday released further evidence to that support that
view. It told The Associated Press that counterterrorism agencies were
alerted that Abdulmutallab had possibly fallen under the influence of
jihadists.
The alert about Abdulmutallab was transmitted to U.S. counter terror
agencies on Nov. 20, according to the State Department.