Obama plans to thwart terrorist attacks
By ConnPolitics.tv Staff on Jan 5, 2010 | In News, President Barack Obama | 4 feedbacks »
Washington (AP) – President Barack Obama asserted on Tuesday that the U.S. government had enough information to foil the attempted bombing on a Christmas Day airline flight but the intelligence community “failed to connect the dots.”
Obama called that unacceptable and said, “I will not tolerate it.” The accused attacker, a Nigerian man who claimed ties to al-Qaida, was subdued by other passengers and crew after he allegedly attempted to detonate explosives hidden under his clothes.
The president, speaking after meeting with his Cabinet and national security team, declared, “We have to do better and we will do better. And we will do it quickly.”
Obama also said he was suspending the transfer of Guantanamo detainees from Yemen. The Christmas attack has raised concerns about Yemen, because the Nigerian man has claimed to have been acting on instructions from al-Qaida operatives in that country.
Nearly half of the 198 detainees held at Guantanamo are from Yemen. But Obama reiterated his vow to eventually close the prison camp in Cuba.
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