Umaru Abdulmutallab, father of terrorist and former chairman of the First Bank of Nigeria Shadow of 9/11 Is Cast Again -Scott Shane
[T]wo critical pieces of information appear never to have been connected: National Security Agency intercepts of Qaeda operatives in Yemen talking about using a Nigerian man for an attack, and a warning from Mr. Abdulmutallab’s father [pictured] to American diplomats in Nigeria about the son’s radicalization in Yemen.
If the National Counterterrorism Center or any other agency had those two items and never linked them, Congress and the public will want to know why.
The echoes of Sept. 11 are obvious.
For Mr. Kean, of the Sept. 11 commission, it is the father’s role that should have moved even the most jaded bureaucracy.
“Think of what it took for the father, one of the most respected bankers in Nigeria, to walk into the American Embassy and turn in his own son,” Mr. Kean said. “The father’s a hero. His visit by itself should have been enough to set off all kinds of alarms.”
[New York Times]
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[T]wo critical pieces of information appear never to have been connected: National Security Agency intercepts of Qaeda operatives in Yemen talking about using a Nigerian man for an attack, and a warning from Mr. Abdulmutallab’s father [pictured] to American diplomats in Nigeria about the son’s radicalization in Yemen.
If the National Counterterrorism Center or any other agency had those two items and never linked them, Congress and the public will want to know why.
The echoes of Sept. 11 are obvious.
For Mr. Kean, of the Sept. 11 commission, it is the father’s role that should have moved even the most jaded bureaucracy.
“Think of what it took for the father, one of the most respected bankers in Nigeria, to walk into the American Embassy and turn in his own son,” Mr. Kean said. “The father’s a hero. His visit by itself should have been enough to set off all kinds of alarms.”
[New York Times]
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