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Obama to announce new airline safety measures

President Obama is announcing new measures Tuesday to beef up airline security after an alleged terrorist attempt to destroy ...

 

Obama adviser: No smoking gun in airline bomb plot

U.S. intelligence agencies did not miss a "smoking gun" that could have prevented an alleged attempt to blow up a U.S. airliner on Christmas Day, President Barack Obama's top counterterrorism adviser said Sunday.

 

Obama links plane bombing plot to Al Qaeda, defends his anti-terrorism efforts

Obama links plane bombing plot to Al Qaeda, defends his anti-terrorism efforts

The president says an affiliate of the group trained and equipped Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab. He promises to hold U.S. security officials accountable for breakdowns in terrorism screening.

 

Missed signals cleared way for suspect

Missed signals cleared way for suspect

To understand how the suspect in the botched terror attack was able to board a plane, you have to understand how the counterterrorism system that President Obama says failed is supposed to work.

 

Obama to get report on intelligence breakdown

Obama to get report on intelligence breakdown

President Obama will receive a report Thursday detailing how some government agencies failed to share or highlight potentially relevant information about Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab before he allegedly tried to blow up a Detroit-bound airliner on Christmas Day, while others were insufficiently...

 

Obama: Systemic, human failures let suspect on flight

Obama: Systemic, human failures let suspect on flight

President Obama said a "mix of human and systemic human failure" allowed a terror suspect to board an airliner in the botched Christmas Day bombing attempt.

 

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