Northwest Flight 253

Christmas Bomber Suspect Linked To Alleged U.K. Terrorists

NPR | Posted 05.25.2011

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British and U.S. intelligence authorities have linked the young Nigerian at the center of the alleged attack on Northwest Flight 253, Umar Farouk Abdu...

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Sick with Terror: Inadequate Health Care Kills 45,000 Americans Per Year

Amy Goodman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Amy Goodman

A killer that has stalked the U.S. public, claiming, by recent estimates, 45,000 lives annually. This killer is the lack of adequate health care in the U.S.

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Over Detroit Skies

Roey Rosenblith | Posted 05.25.2011

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Roey Rosenblith

I was on my third in-flight movie when the screaming started. That was when my fellow passenger Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab decided to ignite his explosives 19 rows ahead of me.

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Republican Hypocrisy on Terrorism Reaches New Levels of Awful

Bob Cesca | Posted 05.25.2011

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Bob Cesca

Preside over the biggest terrorist attack in American history and it's an epic win for President Bush. Preside over a failed attack and it's an epic fail for President Obama.

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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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Jason Linkins

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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Homeland Security, Watch Lists and Terrorists-in-Plain-Sight; Obama Confronts the Audacity of Bureaucracy

Adam Hanft | Posted 05.25.2011

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Adam Hanft

Obama's movement captured our national imagination. But the audacity of hope has been kicked in the crotch by the audacity of bureaucracy.

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LAX Among Airports Hit by New Security Overreaction

Charles Feldman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Charles Feldman

A Christmas Day alleged attempt to blow up a Delta-Northwest jet from Amsterdam to Detroit resulted in a hasty regrouping by security officials. But do their latest measures make any sense?

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The Twisted and Dangerous Republican Record on Terrorism

Bob Cesca | Posted 05.25.2011

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Bob Cesca

We all understand that Americans have a short attention span, and an even shorter memory, but the Republicans are really counting on it as they exploit the post-underpants bomber freakout.

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Thwarted Plane Bombing Shows Continuing Threat and Diversity of Jihadist Radicalism

Brian Levin, J.D. | Posted 05.25.2011

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Brian Levin, J.D.

A worldwide struggle by a transnational movement aided by the Internet and social media enables would-be "lone" fanatics anywhere to market themselves to terror groups as recruits.

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Will The Next "Underwear Bomber" Succeed?

Alan Dershowitz | Posted 05.25.2011

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Alan Dershowitz

My dire New Year prediction is that Islamic terrorists may well succeed this year in blowing up a civilian airliner. They have already twice proved that suicide bombers can get through security.

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The Terror Scare

Scott Atran | Posted 05.25.2011

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Scott Atran

Terrorists are directly responsible for violent acts, but only indirectly for the reaction that follows. With publicity, even failed terrorist acts succeed in terrorizing; without publicity, terrorism would fade away.

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It's Time We Recognize We Have a New Kind of Enemy

Ed Gurowitz, Ph.D. | Posted 05.25.2011

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Ed Gurowitz, Ph.D.

Maybe it's time to recognize that this really is a war -- we have to have more effective defense as well as spending billions on offensive initiatives that don't seem to be working.

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Christmas With Terrorists

Connie Lawn | Posted 05.25.2011

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Connie Lawn

Christmas season has been reasonably peaceful in America, but has not been joyous for millions who are suffering through the hard times. It could have been worse.

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Al-Qaida In The Arabian Peninsula Claims Responsibility For Attempted Airliner Attack

AP | PHILIP ELLIOTT | Posted 05.25.2011

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HONOLULU — President Barack Obama on Monday vowed to use "every element of our national power" to keep Americans safe and said the failed Christ...

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NCTC Director Stayed On Ski Slopes In Wake Of Christmas Attack

New York Daily News | James Gordon Meek | Posted 05.25.2011

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The top official in charge of analyzing terror threats did not cut short his ski vacation after the underwear bomber nearly blew up an airliner on Chr...

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So What's Next for Airline Passengers, Adult Diapers?

Andy Ostroy | Posted 05.25.2011

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Andy Ostroy

In the wake of the attempted terrorist attack aboard a Detroit-bound Northwest flight from Amsterdam last week, the Transportation Security Administ...

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Yemen: The Next Front in Obama's War on Terrorism

Josh Lockman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Josh Lockman

The administration must continue providing intelligence and counterterrorism aid to the Yemeni government while pushing forward with the use of "smart power" to directly appeal to its people.

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Jasper Schuringa, Northwest Plane 'Hero,' Wants Money For More Interviews After CNN Licenses Cell Image

Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jasper Schuringa, the Northwest flight passenger who reportedly subdued Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, appeared on CNN Saturday for an interview with Fred...

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Kicking the National Security Football

Danielle Celena Belton | Posted 05.25.2011

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Danielle Celena Belton

National security is serious business. It involves how our country protects and projects itself abroad. It's not meant to be about partisan game-playing.

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My Daughter's on the No Fly List

Chris Kelly | Posted 05.25.2011

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Chris Kelly

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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Thinking Realistically About Terrorism

Philip Seib | Posted 05.25.2011

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Philip Seib

Al Qaeda's next attacks, which are almost inevitable, will be more sophisticated and deadly, and will involve a plan that is more complex than hiding explosives in one man's underwear.

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Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab (PHOTOS)

Posted 05.25.2011

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(AP) LAGOS, Nigeria - A young Nigerian man who allegedly tried to bring down a trans-Atlantic flight broke off contact from his worried parents only a...

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The Unfriendly Skies

Chez Pazienza | Posted 05.25.2011

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Chez Pazienza

The only way to truly keep us truly safe while flying a commercial airliner would be to put us all through body scanners, then have us fly in our underwear.

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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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