Tom Burghardt: Utrolig mængde sikkerhedssvigt

Barack Obama kritiserer efterretningstjenester og sikkerhedsprocedurer for mangler, efter det lykkedes for en 23-årig nigerianer at slippe ombord på et fly og næsten sætte det i brand. Journalist Tom Burghardt skriver: "One would have thought [...] that a warning about Abdulmutallabs possible involvement with terrorists, by his own father no less, a former top official in a government friendly to Washington, numerous NSA intercepts, a CIA dossier and MI5 reports would have raised at least one red flag! In the suspects case, there were so many red flags flying youd have thought the Red Army was parading through Amsterdams Schiphol Airport!" Burghardt lægger op til en konspiratorisk tolkning af sagen. Så vidt vil jeg ikke gå, men det er utroligt at sikkerheden kan svigte på så mange niveauer på én gang.