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Flight Diverted Because of Christmas Ornament
By not in system - AOL NewsNASHVILLE, Tenn. (Jan. 1) -- A spokesman says a Northwest Airlines flight from Detroit was briefly diverted to Tennessee after someone found a suspicious package that turned out to be a Christmas ornament. Delta Air Lines spokesman Carlos Santos wasn't sure who found the package midway through the flight to Orlando, Fla., or why they thought it was suspicious. He says the flight was diverted "out of an abundance of caution." The 75 passengers and five crew members on Northwest flight 2364 were taken off the plane in Nashville around 8 a.m. Friday while dogs searched it. They were allowed to ...
Should Obama Be in Washington?
By not in system - AOL News(Dec. 31) -- At a morning story conference for Politics Daily, our colleague Lynn Sweet mentioned that in the wake of the abortive terrorist attack aboard Northwest Flight 253 on Christmas Day, President Obama has been on the receiving end of criticism for remaining on holiday in Hawaii while details of this crisis unfolded. ...
Protection or Privacy? Plot Renews Debate
By Andrea Stone - AOL NewsWASHINGTON (Dec. 29) – Body scans, metal detectors, pat-downs, carry-on luggage searches. Is there no privacy? As investigators piece together how a Nigerian man listed on a terrorist database slipped through security with explosive powder in his underpants, airline passengers have been left standing in longer lines, enduring more intrusive screening at airports around the world. Few have complained about the extra hassles but some are raising red flags over just what constitutes TMI when it comes to fighting terrorism. At the heart of the debate are state-of-the-art body scanners at ...
The Christmas Terror Attempt: Not 2001 All Over Again
By Walter Shapiro - Politics DailyWhen 23-year-old Nigerian Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab allegedly tried to blow up Northwest Flight 253 on Christmas Day, the reputed Islamic terrorist may well have chosen the date because of its Christian religious significance. Whatever the rationale for the timing, the near-tragedy in the skies over Michigan coincided with the sleepiest week of the 2009 news cycle. The predictable result was that camera-craving politicians and desperate-for-headlines TV anchors conspired to end the Anxious Aughts with a final burst of hysteria. ...
Is Yemen the New Afghanistan?
By Andrea Stone - AOL NewsWASHINGTON (Dec. 28) -- A plot to to blow up an airliner over Detroit. The shooting rampage at Fort Hood. The attack on the USS Cole. What could they possibly have in common? Call it the Yemen connection. The botched attempt by a Nigerian man to bring down a Northwest Airlines jet over Detroit on Christmas Day is the latest terrorist operation linked to extremists in the troubled country. Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the 23-year-old accused in the plot, said he was trained and equipped with chemical explosives by al-Qaida in Yemen, home to his mother's family. The government confirmed Monday ...
Obama Calls Bomb Attempt on Plane 'Serious Reminder' of Terrorist Threat
By Lynn Sweet - Politics DailyPresident Obama, addressing the nation for the first time the since the thwarted terrorist attempt to destroy a Detroit- bound flight on Christmas Day, said Monday the incident is a "a serious reminder of the dangers we face" as he ordered reviews of security policies. ...
Al-Qaeda Group in Yemen Claims Responsibility for Attempted Northwest Bombing
By David Sessions - Politics DailyAn al-Qaeda branch in Yemen boasted Monday that it was behind the attempted bombing of a Northwest Airlines flight to Detroit on Christmas Day, the New York Daily News reports. A message posted on an al-Qaeda Web site in the Arabian Peninsula called the bomber a "Nigerian brother" and said he used a device manufactured by the terrorist group. The bomb failed as a result of a "technical fault." "We call on every soldier working in the Crusader Army and the agent governments to repent before Allah and take the example of the brother hero mujahid, Nidal Hasan, and fight all the Crusaders with ...
Napolitano Concedes That System Failed in Allowing Would-Be Bomber on Plane
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyHomeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano today backtracked from statements she made Sunday that "the system worked" despite a Nigerian man's ability to get on an international flight with an explosive device, acknowledging now that procedures to prevent such an incident had failed. ...
Unruly Passenger Disrupts Another Amsterdam-to-Detroit Flight
By Lynn Sweet - Politics DailyAnother incident occurred today on the same Northwest Airlines Amsterdam-to-Detroit flight on which a terrorist suspect tried to ignite an explosive device on Christmas Day, but this time authorities said it was caused by a unruly passenger who did not pose a terrorist threat. ...
Plane Terror Suspect Wasn't Seen as Threat
By not in system - AOL NewsWASHINGTON (Dec. 27) - The alleged Christmas Day terrorist had been in one of the U.S. government's many terror databases since November, which is when his father brought him to the attention of embassy officials in Nigeria. However, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab came to the attention of intelligence officials months before that, according to a U.S. government official involved in the investigation. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because it is ongoing. Still, none of the information the government had on Abdulmutallab rose to the level of putting him on the official terror watch ...
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