Was the system set up to be THIS dysfunctional? Maybe add a few colors, okay?
Shocking Pink for airline alert.
Florescent Green for cyber warning.
Purple for trains, bridges and surface transport.
Aquamarine for ships and waterways.
That sort of stuff.
Six months is no joke, okay? The last time the Intelligence Departments warned about an attack within three months Cheney treated the warning as if it needed an appointment to receive any action.
The USA wanted him to testify to the Senate and now his son has agreed to cooperate with authorities. It would seem a good incentive for Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab to continue to supply information if his parents were safe.
Perhaps he and his family are safe in Nigeria, but, how can anyone be sure? After all the USA is holding Umar. I would think there should be some reward for his father for being so forthright about all this.
...The U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, (click here) in a letter dated January 7, asked Mutallab to appear before it tomorrow to testify on the alleged bombing attempt by his son, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab....
When I think of cyber and traditional attacks with airliners, I first think of the Super-Jumbos that require a lot of software that might be available for corruption and 'in flight' malfunction by sabotage.
Someone want to raise the terror alert? Just a thought.
..."Al-Qaeda maintains its intent to attack the homeland (click here) -- preferably with a large-scale operation that would cause mass casualties, harm the U.S. economy or both," Director of National Intelligence Dennis C. Blair told the committee in a hearing convened to assess looming threats against the country....
