The president called the threat against the United States “a challenge of the utmost urgency.” Doug Mills/The New York Times
Obama Says Bomb Attempt An Intelligence "Screw-Up" -- Reuters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The attempted Christmas Day bombing of a U.S. airliner was a potentially disastrous "screw up" by the intelligence community, President Barack Obama said on Tuesday as he vowed urgent action to tighten air security.
Sharpening his tone as he sought to limit political fallout over the intelligence breakdown, Obama said spy agencies had enough information to uncover the December 25 plot to blow up a Detroit-bound flight from Amsterdam but failed to "connect those dots."
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