ntelligence about terror threats rarely comes on such a silver platter: A Nigerian banker went to the U.S. Embassy in Lagos to warn that his son had fallen under “the influence of religious extremists based in Yemen” and was a security risk. This came after months of U.S. intelligence intercepts about al Qaeda plans for [...]
L. Gordon Crovitz: Intelligence Is a Terrible Thing to Waste – WSJ.com
January 4, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Gabriel Schoenfeld: How the Left politicized the terrorist watch list — latimes.com
December 29, 2009 By Leave a Comment
The case of the alleged Christmas bomber, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, is being called a massive intelligence failure. And the evidence thus far does suggest a possible lapse in the government’s management of terrorist watch lists. But if so, the blame doesn’t lie wholly with government agencies charged with maintaining the lists. Some share of responsibility [...]
