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Title: State Department revokes attempted bomber's visa
Post by: thundley4 on January 05, 2010, 04:56:40 PM: (http://www.reuters.com/resources/r/?m=02&d=20100105&t=2&i=41391958&w=460&r=2010-01-05T223246Z_01_BTRE6041QMX00_RTROPTP_0_SECURITY-AIRLINE)

"WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department on Tuesday said it had revoked the visa it had given a Nigerian man after his alleged attempt to blow up an airliner on Christmas Day with explosives hidden in his underwear.

President Barack Obama on Tuesday said U.S. intelligence agencies had enough information about Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab to have discovered and possibly disrupted the plan to destroy the Detroit-bound airline but "failed to connect those dots."

Obama said the intelligence community knew Abdulmutallab had traveled to Yemen and established contact with extremists. The CIA has said it first learned of Abdulmutallab on November 19, when his father visited the U.S. embassy in Abuja and sought help finding him.

Critics have questioned why the U.S. government did not put the pieces together and revoke his visa before Christmas.

State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley said Abdulmutallab was stripped of his visa after the attempted attack, as were an unspecified number of others suspected of links to terrorism.

"It's more than one," Crowley told reporters at his daily briefing. "I don't think it's fruitful to get into a scoreboard about ... how many people have we found today that we think have links to terrorism."" Reuters (http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6045L720100105?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews&rpc=22&sp=true)

Better late than never, I guess. :sarcasm: I swear this administration is doing it's best to show contempt for the American people.
Title: Re: State Department revokes attempted bomber's visa
Post by: NHSparky on January 05, 2010, 05:01:23 PM: I'm looking somewhere, ANYWHERE, for the Onion or Scrappleface logo.

Anywhere. Really. Just once.
Title: Re: State Department revokes attempted bomber's visa
Post by: Lacarnut on January 05, 2010, 06:47:15 PM: That is mighty white of the S.D. after the fact.
Title: Re: State Department revokes attempted bomber's visa
Post by: Oceander on January 05, 2010, 07:45:59 PM: I hear any day now they're going to revoke Mohammed Atta's visa, too.

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/13/Mohamed_Atta.jpg)
Title: Re: State Department revokes attempted bomber's visa
Post by: ColonialMarine0431 on January 05, 2010, 07:57:45 PM: Our heros.... :banghead:

Maybe Richard Reid is next.
Title: Re: State Department revokes attempted bomber's visa
Post by: Oceander on January 05, 2010, 08:00:27 PM: Quote from: ColonialMarine0431 on January 05, 2010, 07:57:45 PM
Our heros.... :banghead:

Maybe Richard Reid is next.

Didn't you hear? He changed his name to Harry and got a job in D.C. - senator or something like that.
Title: Re: State Department revokes attempted bomber's visa
Post by: dutch508 on January 05, 2010, 08:43:53 PM: does this mean he is getting sent back to Yemen?

Does Nancy know ICE is on the case?

Can Barry's Aunt take the same plane?

:bird:
Title: Re: State Department revokes attempted bomber's visa
Post by: diesel driver on January 06, 2010, 01:13:10 AM: Quote from: Lacarnut on January 05, 2010, 06:47:15 PM
That is mighty white of the S.D. after the fact.

Boy, those guys REALLY move fast.... :thatsright:

This is like a baseball player swinging at a fastball 12 HOURS AFTER THE END OF THE GAME.... :hammer:

For the "smartest person to ever inhabit the White House", he sure can be slow. Maybe it's because he's "special".... :shortbus:
Title: Re: State Department revokes attempted bomber's visa
Post by: mamacags on January 06, 2010, 06:19:34 AM: WTF? seriously? :thatsright:
Title: Re: State Department revokes attempted bomber's visa
Post by: DumbAss Tanker on January 06, 2010, 10:00:05 AM: Problem SOLVED!!!111!!!

:rotf:
Title: Re: State Department revokes attempted bomber's visa
Post by: DixieBelle on January 06, 2010, 10:04:44 AM: Heard on the radio this A.M. that the Obumble admin is blaming the Intel community for "failing to connect the dots." Seriously.
Title: Re: State Department revokes attempted bomber's visa
Post by: littlelamb on January 06, 2010, 10:06:39 AM: Quote from: DixieBelle on January 06, 2010, 10:04:44 AM
Heard on the radio this A.M. that the Obumble admin is blaming the Intel community for "failing to connect the dots." Seriously.

Atleast he is not blaming Bush for once
Title: Re: State Department revokes attempted bomber's visa
Post by: thundley4 on January 06, 2010, 10:19:24 AM: Quote from: littlelamb on January 06, 2010, 10:06:39 AM
Atleast he is not blaming Bush for once

But it is President Bush's intel agencies still. :hammer:
Title: Re: State Department revokes attempted bomber's visa
Post by: Wineslob on January 06, 2010, 10:34:36 AM: Why am I reminded of Billy Blowjob? "Buck what buck, it diden't stop here."
Title: Re: State Department revokes attempted bomber's visa
Post by: DefiantSix on January 06, 2010, 11:01:58 AM: Quote from: thundley4 on January 06, 2010, 10:19:24 AM
But it is President Bush's intel agencies still. :hammer:

And don't forget; 'Poppy' Bush was the head of the CIA. That means that the intel agencies are all folded into the BFEE. Which means they're run by Rove at the behest of the VRWC. Which has little microchips implanted in the Ã˜bamessiah's brain, so they could cause him to support watered down Health Care bills, and make gaffes in front of the camera when he doesn't have the teleprompter and... and... and... :mental: :cheers1: