Flight 253: More Details the Government Knew an Attack and Failed to Stop It

The following details once again show America has let her guard down under the direction of Barack Hussein Obama. The New York Times was critical this morning of the inability of the federal government to piece the clues together to stop Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab from boarding Flight 253.

Four months ago, the National Security Agency (NSA) picked up conversation between Al Qaeda leaders in Yemen who discussed a Nigerian man coming to to the United States to commit terrorism. Of course, a Nigerian banker warned the US Embassy that his Nigerian son had intentions after joining the dark side of Islam. The NSA failed to put any of this together.

The NSA is blaming the issue on a computer which failed to analyze the data and present evidence of the attack. Gee, that makes you feel really good about the brains working at the government doesn't it? The problem came when the computer didn't connect the data with the claim the underwear bomber's father brought to the US Embassy in November.

The underwear bomber's father even had text messages on his cell phone from his son he showed to US and Nigerian officials showing his son was in Yemen and became a radical. A family cousin said US officials blew them off.

“Look at the texts he’s sending. He’s a security threat. They promised to look into it. They didn’t take him seriously.”

Obama called this “human and systemic failures.” I call it plain stupidity the United States government didn't take this matter more seriously. The Federal Government has two jobs according to the Constitution. Regulate trade disputes between the states and defend the states. I guess they are too busy doing all the other things they aren't given the authority to do, and once again dropped the ball in defending the union.