The underwear bomber

Two Saudi al-qaeda military commanders that appear to be behind the attempt to blow up a plane over Detroit were once held by the US. They were captured and jailed, but were released by the Bush Administration in 2007. The two entered into an "art therapy rehabilitation program" to show they were ready to re-enter society, and were then set free.

abcnews.go.com/Blotter/men-believed-northwest-airlines-plot-set-free/story?id=9434065

Thanks, Bush.

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In June, the Republicans voted to strip funding for the TSA. The conference bill included more than $4 billion for "screening operations," including $1.1 billion in funding for explosives detection systems. The party of NO is actively helping the terrorists by pursuing their political agenda at the expense of the best interests of the US.

www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/1209/GOP_blame_at_TSA.html

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One of the fundamental problems with the Transportation Safety Administration is that, after almost a year in office, President Obama has yet to get a leader in place. Oh, the nominee is ready to go, there's just the formality of Senate confirmation. Of course, it turns out that Republicans are so bent on making it look like President Obama is failing, that they will block any nominee to head the TSA. And not just block the appointment, but not allow any discussion or vote whatsoever. They are that willing to allow serious harm to befall the United States, as long as their political goals are being achieved.

politicalirony.com/2009/12/29/republicans-hav-some-explaining-to-do

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Eight years ago, Bush waited 6 days before making a public statement about the shoe bomber. No Democratic candidate or media outlet complained. Today, Obama is being portrayed as 'weak on terror' by both Republicans and in the media from another foiled trans-continental flight attack.

trueslant.com/rickungar/2009/12/29/obama-gets-heat-for-treating-americans-like-adults-in-terror-incident

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The Republican idea of what to do with the underwear bomber? Torture him. And what does torture produce? False confessions. What does actual prisoner interrogation produce? Actionable intelligence. So, are the Republicans trying to get false confessions, suppress actionable intelligence, just enjoy causing pain, or a combination of all of those things?

www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2009/dec/30/torture-bomb-flight-253