O-normous O-failure: MI5 Told US About Ball Bomber a year ago, Obama Briefed on Terror Threat Days Prior
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The first and only real responsibility this clown has to the American people is our safety, and he has us flying without a net. America is not safe and Obama is making it easy for jihadists to target the USA.
Why?
Obama is so busy trying to steal 20% of the US economy under the charade of health care “reform”. So busy trying to graft the Olympic gig for Jarrett and her racketeering pals. So busy with the Climategate grifters. So busy bowing to our enemies. So busy kissing the ass of the ummah. So busy sabotaging our military. So busy sabotaging Israel. So busy sabotaging thepeople of Iran. So busy sabotaging the people of Honduras.
Obama was briefed on the Christmas terror threats days before Abdulmutallab incident: report. Still the arugula President went off to Hay-vay-ee to hit balls. He sure does play fast and lose with our safety.
MI5 told US about Detroit bomber’s terror links a year ago
Britain told American intelligence agents more than a year ago that the Detroit bomber had links to extremists, Downing Street has announced.
Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab was named in a file of people based in Britain who had made contact with radical Muslim preachers. The file was sent to the US authorities in 2008.
The disclosure will embarrass President Barack Obama, who is already under pressure after failures by US intelligence to identify the bomber.
It will also add to concern over the state of the “special relationship” between Downing Street and the White House following last year’s dispute over the early release of the Lockerbie bomber.
It is extremely unusual for the Prime Minister’s office to comment on intelligence matters. The move could be seen as an attempt to rebuff criticism from senior American figures who claimed that Britain had nurtured Islamic extremism.
At first it was thought that MI5 gathered only limited information on Abdulmutallab and had therefore not alerted the US.
However, in an official briefing, the Prime Minister’s spokesman said that British intelligence was shared with the Americans.
He said: “Clearly there was security information about this individual’s activities and that was information that was shared with the US authorities. That is the key point.”
The spokesman added: “We are pretty certain that he was radicalised outside the UK. He [Abdulmutallab] left the UK in October 2008.
“But it is also clear that while he was here he was attempting to make contact with people and that is the intelligence we were able to secure from the intelligence services.”
Downing Street stressed that the disclosure emphasised the need for Britain and America to improve the sharing of information.
“One of the lessons that clearly comes out of what could have been a terrible tragedy was the whole question about how we continue to share intelligence about individuals who may have these kind of nefarious activities,” the spokesman said.
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