Obama Hits 'Systemic Failure' Over Suspect's Father's Tip
The Washington Times › December 30, 2009
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President Obama said Tuesday that U.S. intelligence agencies suffered an unacceptable "systemic failure" in their handling of information from the father of a Nigerian man suspected of trying to blow up an airliner over Detroit.
Mr. Obama characterized the lapse as "totally unacceptable" in his second public comments on the attack, distancing himself further from Sunday's widely derided comments by Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano that "the system worked."See the full content of this document
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Obama Hits 'Systemic Failure' Over Suspect's Father's Tip
In another political fight over the attack aboard Northwest Airlines Flight 253, the Senate's top Democrat reacted to reports that two security-related federal agencies have not had top leaders for nearly a year.
Senate Majority...See the full content of this document
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