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When top security official Janet Napolitano told us on Dec. 26 that "all systems worked just like they should," all doubt about detecting terrorists flying to America was removed. We don't know how to do it. For all his recent stern statements about ...http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=350626&src=Democratic lawmakers emerged from their first in-person administration briefing on the failed Christmas Day bombing saying security questions remain. Officials from the State Department...

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WASHINGTON — The United States on Thursday said it would step up airport security measures in response to renewed threats from Al-Qaeda in Yemen, in the wake of a failed Christmas Day bombing. Passengers traveling to the United States will see more ...http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5guO_hBwY4qhTQPh0-PylY5c5kiwAOn Christmas night at my parents' home in Caribou, I glanced at my Blackberry and found missed telephone calls from the Department of Homeland Security and urgent messag...

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On Christmas night at my parents' home in Caribou, I glanced at my Blackberry and found missed telephone calls from the Department of Homeland Security and urgent messages from my staff. I called the Department and was briefed on the near-terrorist ...http://www.fosters.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100114/GJOPINION03/701149896A debate that's been raging inside the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Intelligence Community (IC) over whether passengers on international flights to the Uni...

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CAIRO, Jan. 13 (UPI) -- International rights groups and Christian supporters blame a rise in Islamic extremism for increased attacks on the Coptic community in Egypt. Gunmen opened fire following the Jan. 6 midnight mass for the Coptic Christmas Eve, ...http://www.upi.com/Top_News/Special/2010/01/13/Religious-violence-on-the-rise-inAfter recent anti-Christian attacks in Egypt, the Vatican Secretary of State, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, called for the country to appreciate the contributions of Egy...

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By The Washington Post Ever since Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab allegedly tried to blow up Northwest Flight 253 with explosives in his underwear, a debate has begun anew over the use and usefulness of full-body scanning technology that would have detected ...http://staugustine.com/opinions/2010-01-14/what-others-sayEven after Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab allegedly attempted to blow up his trousers on the Christmas Day flight, Americans are still better than 20 times more likely to be hit by lightning t...

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Vatican City, 13 Jan. (AKI) - Pope Benedict XVI on Wednesday met the woman who knocked him down at midnight mass on Christmas Eve and forgave her. Vatican spokesman, Federico Lombardi, said Benedict met Susanna Maiolo and her relatives at the end of ...http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Religion/?id=3.0.4194046362Pope Benedict XVI met with Susanna Maiolo, the woman who attacked him during the Christmas Eve Mass at St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City. Maiolo, 25, attacked Pope Benedict as he w...

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Failed jet bomber Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab should have raised alarm bells - for entering wintry America with no coat, a US politician said yesterday. Democrat Congressman Bill Pascrell, of the Homeland Security Committee, said: "He was flying to ...http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2010/01/14/xmas-bomb-jacket-clue-115875Washington -- The Christmas Day bombing suspect didn't target Detroit, two Michigan congressmen said Wednesday. "There is no evidence that Detroit was targeted,...

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House lawmakers emerged on Wednesday from closed-door briefings on the failed Christmas attempt to blow up Northwest Flight 253 to outline areas of oversight and investigation they plan to focus on in ...http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0110/011310cdpm2.htm?oref=todaysnewsWASHINGTON – The man accused of trying to blow up Flight 253 on Dec. 25 apparently selected the Detroit-bound flight at random, members of Congress briefed by Obama administration intelligence officials said today. ...http://www...

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The would-be Christmas Day bomber boarded his flight in Amsterdam to frigid Detroit with no coat - perhaps the final warning sign that went unnoticed leading up to what could have been a catastrophic ...http://www.sanluisobispo.com/news/national_and_world/story/987886.htmlWASHINGTON — The suspected would-be Christmas Day bomber boarded his flight to frigid Detroit, Michigan, without a coat, perhaps the final warning sign that went unnoticed leading to what could have been a catastrophic terror a...

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WASHINGTON – The man accused of trying to blow up Flight 253 on Dec. 25 apparently selected the Detroit-bound flight at random, members of Congress briefed by Obama administration intelligence officials said today. ...http://www.freep.com/article/20100113/NEWS05/100113061/1318/Detroit-chosen-at-raWASHINGTON — The suspected would-be Christmas Day bomber boarded his flight to frigid Detroit, Michigan, without a coat, perhaps the final warning sign that went unnoticed leading to what could have bee...