Obama says ‘dots’ not connected in airline attack
From: The Washington Times | January 5, 2010
UPDATED: WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama asserted on Tuesday the U.S. government had enough information to foil the attempted bombing on a Christmas Day airline flight but intelligence agencies "failed to connect those dots." Obama called that unacceptable. "I will not tolerate it," he said. The accused attacker, 23-year-old Nigerian Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, has claimed ties to al Qaeda. Witnesses said he ignited an explosive mixture but it failed to do serious damage to the Northwest jetliner or its passengers, and he was subdued by other passengers and airline crew members on the Detroit-bound flight from Amsterdam. Obama, speaking after ...
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