Protecting Our Nation Requires More Than Luck
“The Christmas Day terrorist attack is a wake-up call that we are still at war with radical Jihadist groups like al Qaeda that are conducting an unconventional war against our nation. For this reason it is essential that Abdulmutallab be treated as an enemy combatant.
“The Obama Administration’s record to date in cooperating with Congress and keeping it fully and currently informed about national security threats has been abysmal. The administration has stonewalled Congress about the Fort Hood shooting and the D.C. Five… Obama officials won’t brief Congress or local officials on the threat posed by al Qaeda inmates it proposes to transfer from Guantanamo Bay to Illinois…
“[W]e want to work with the Obama Administration to review why Abdulmutallab was not placed on the ‘no-fly’ list; why his name was not flagged and subjected to secondary screening before he was able to board the plane… [W]e must assume al Qaeda will learn from this incident in planning another deadly terrorist attack…
“[T]he Obama Administration must completely rethink its position on the Guantanamo Bay detention facility. There are several reports that former Guantanamo inmates who went through Saudi ‘re-education’ programs are heading an al Qaeda organization in Yemen that instructed Abdulmutallab on how to carry out the Christmas Day terrorist attack and provide him with the PETN explosive he attempted to detonate. If true, this is yet another compelling reason to stop the rush to close Guantanamo and release its dangerous terrorist suspects or move them to the United States.”
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