Report On Failed Christmas Terror Attack Released -- CNN
Washington (CNN) -- The government had sufficient information to have potentially disrupted an al Qaeda plot to bomb an airliner on Christmas Day, but failed to identify Umar Farouk AbdulMutallab as a potential bomber, a White House review of the incident shows.
In the end, the six-page report found, it was the inability of the intelligence community to "connect the dots" in putting all the pieces of information and analysis together.
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More News On The Report Of The Failed Christmas Terror Attack
Airline bomb plot security review finds key failings by CIA and terror agency -- The Guardian
Shock: Obama Forced to 'Order' Follow-Ups of Terrorist Tips -- ABC News
John Brennan: We failed on Christmas Day terrorist intelligence -- Christian Science Monitor
John Brennan: Yemen's Al Qaeda Is "Lethal" and "Concerning" -- CBS News
U.S. intel failed to focus resources on al Qaeda threat -- Reuters
Row over claim that Detroit bomber Abdulmutallab was radicalised in London -- Times Online
Yemen: Abdulmutallab met with al Qaeda -- CBS
Factbox: Christmas Day bombing plot: Who knew what, when? -- Reuters
What al-Qaeda Can't Do -- Time Magazine