Flight 253

Bin Laden Claims Responsibility For Flight 253 Christmas Day Bombing Attempt

AP | JASON KEYSER | Posted 05.25.2011

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CAIRO — Osama bin Laden endorsed the failed attempt to blow up a U.S. airliner on Christmas Day and threatened new attacks against the United St...

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President Obama Did Use The Word 'Terrorism' At West Point, Despite What You May Have Heard

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

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It seems to me that if the aftermath of the Crotchfire Attack on NWA Flight 253 proved anything about Representative Peter King (R-N.Y.), it's that hi...

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Second Incident Aboard Northwest Airlines Flight 253 From Amsterdam To Detroit

AP | DEVLIN BARRETT | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — The same Detroit-bound Northwest Airlines flight that was attacked on Christmas Day saw another security scare Sunday during a conf...

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Christmas Day Terrorist To Be Charged

AP | DEVLIN BARRETT and EILEEN SULLIVAN | Posted 05.25.2011

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DETROIT (AP)-- Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab (OO-mahr fah-ROOK ahb-DOOL-moo-TAH-lahb), a 23-year-old Nigerian man who claimed ties to al-Qaida, was charge...

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Border Security Found Out About Abdulmutallab, Accused Bomber, During Flight 253

LA Times | Sebastian Rotella | Posted 05.25.2011

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U.S. border security officials learned of intelligence about the alleged extremist links of the suspect in the Christmas Day airline bombing attempt a...

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U.S. And Britain Close Embassies In Yemen Over Al-Qaida Threats

AP | ANNE GEARAN and LEE KEATH | Posted 05.25.2011

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SAN'A, Yemen — Western embassies in Yemen locked up Sunday after fresh threats from al-Qaida, and the White House expressed alarm at the terror ...

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The More Things Change, the More They Remain the Same

Abe Gurko | Posted 05.25.2011

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As citizens, in case you're the Jasper Schuringa on your next flight, or as politicians, who need to cut the lip service and demand results.

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Obama: Flight 253 Plot Is Result Of 'Systemic Failure'

AP | PHILIP ELLIOTT and LOLITA C. BALDOR | Posted 05.25.2011

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HONOLULU — President Barack Obama said Tuesday that the intelligence community had bits of information that should have been pieced together tha...

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Obama Gives First Statement On Attempted Attack On Flight 253

AP | PHILIP ELLIOTT | Posted 05.25.2011

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HONOLULU — President Barack Obama says he has ordered a review of the nation's watchlist system and of its air safety regulations, and has asked...

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Abdulmutallab Was In U.S. Database, But Not Official Terror Watch List Or No-Fly List

AP | EILEEN SULLIVAN and DEVLIN BARRETT | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — A popping noise, an odor, then flames. What sounded like firecrackers was the climax of a failed attempt by a suspected terrorist ...

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Umaru Yar'Adua Missing From Public: Nigeria's President Has Not Been Seen In Public Since November 2009

DailyFinance | JONATHAN BERR | Posted 05.25.2011

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Forget Austin Powers. The real "international man of mystery" is President Umaru Yar'Adua of Nigeria, who has not been seen in public since Nov. 23. Y...

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Obama's Use Of 'Terror': Reporters Still Struggling To Use Internet To Verify Claims

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

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One of the last things I did in 2009 was to lament the awesome stupidity of a press corps that seemed unable to do even basic fact-checking, such as u...

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Dems Hit Back, Blame Bush For Failed Terror Policies

Hotline On Call | Reid Wilson | Posted 05.25.2011

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As GOPers begin increasingly using the attempted bombing of a Detroit-bound airliner to score political points, 2 Dems are blaming the Bush admin for ...

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My Daughter's on the No Fly List

Chris Kelly | Posted 05.25.2011

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No one at the airport will tell us how she made the list. They won't even confirm that she's on it. Though I have a pretty good idea why: she has the same name as an IRA terrorist.

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Flight 253 Threat: Spencer Ackerman, Pat Buchanan Duel Over Law Enforcement Reaction

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

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On today's edition of "Morning Joe", Washington Independent reporter Spencer Ackerman took on MSNBC contributor Pat Buchanan over the law enforcement response to Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab's crotchfire terror attack on NWA Flight 253.

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Terrorism Hysteria

Malou Innocent | Posted 05.25.2011

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In times of terrorism, the first casualty is American values. The Obama administration must counter its impulse to overreact to this recent terrorist incident.

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Melinda Dennis, Northwest Flight 253 Passenger, Describes Attempted Terror Attack (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

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Melinda Dennis, one of the passengers on Northwest Airlines Flight 253, the plane that was the scene of an attempted terror attack on Christmas day, s...

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Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab Indicted: Nigerian man indicted in plot to blow up plane

Posted 05.25.2011

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DETROIT (AP) A Nigerian man accused of trying to blow up a Detroit-bound Northwest Airlines flight on Christmas Day was indicted Wednesday on charges ...

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Newsweek: White House Advisor Briefed in October On Underwear Bomb Technique

Newsweek | Michael Isikoff and Mark Hosenball | Posted 05.25.2011

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White House counter-terrorism advisor John Brennan was briefed last October on an Al Qaeda assassination attempt that investigators now believe used t...

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GOP Seeks Political Gain In Obama's Response To Failed Terror Attack

The Washington Post | Philip Rucker | Posted 05.25.2011

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Republicans are jumping on President Obama's response to the attempted Christmas Day bombing of a U.S. airliner as the latest evidence that Democrats ...

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Napolitano Assailed For Not Showing Sufficient 'Emotion' In Response To Flight 253 Incident

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

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Raw Story pulls out another objectively idiotic statement from the frantic Rep. Peter King (R-N.Y.): In the wake of the attempted bombing of a plane ...

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Flight 253 Incident Touches Off New Round Of Religious Profiling Promotion

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

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Here's a collection of various luminaries, granted an audience on Fox News, talking about how the incident aboard Flight 253 should touch off a new round of intense racial and ethnic profiling against Muslim-looking passengers.

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New Restrictions For Air Travelers After Christmas Day Bombing Attempt

AP | JOSHUA FREED and JOAN LOWY | Posted 05.25.2011

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Extra pat-downs before boarding. No getting up for the last hour of the flight. More bomb-sniffing dogs. Airports worldwide tightened security a day a...

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Botched Attack Revives Scrutiny Of Bush Intelligence Reforms

The Washington Post | Karen DeYong | Posted 05.25.2011

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The failure of U.S. authorities to detect a plot to bomb a U.S. airliner on Christmas Day has reignited long-simmering concerns that intelligence refo...

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PolitiFact: Dick Cheney Falsely Says Obama Won't Admit The U.S. Is At War Against Terrorists

PolitiFact.com | Posted 05.25.2011

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In his latest attack on President Barack Obama, former Vice President Dick Cheney seized on the attempted bombing of a Detroit-bound jetliner to sugge...

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