Friday, January 1, 2010

Intelligence Chiefs To Meet President Obama On Tuesday




Obama Sets Tuesday Meeting On Air Bomber Security Failures -- McClatchy News

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama closed 2009 on a somber note, consoling the CIA over seven officers and contractors killed Wednesday in Afghanistan by a suicide bomber and receiving preliminary findings on intelligence failures that enabled a Nigerian with alleged Islamic extremist ties to board a U.S.-bound flight on Christmas Day with explosives in his underwear.

In a statement released Thursday from Hawaii, where the president has been vacationing with his family, Obama said he'd meet Tuesday in Washington with multiple agency heads to address the investigation and the next steps.

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More News On President Obama And The Upcoming Intelligence Community "Review"

Heads set to roll as Obama goes on attack over security failures that allowed Christmas Day bomber on to plane -- The Daily Mail
Obama summons US intel chiefs for security talks -- Reuters
Obama Begins New Year With Eye on Intel -- New York Times
Obama Begins New Year with Eye on Intel -- Time Magazine
White House pledges to fix intelligence gaps -- L.A. Times
Obama "Cleared the Decks" for the Preliminary Terror Reports -- ABC News
Obama consoles CIA, reviews intelligence, airport safety failures -- Kansas City/McClatchy News
W.H. stands by watch list probe pick -- Politico
Detroit bomber: US intelligence 'insufficiently aggressive' in pursing leads -- The Telegraph
Democrats Join Calls for Napolitano to Step Down Following Failed Attack -- FOX News
Is Janet Napolitano to blame for Flight 253 security failure? -- Christian Science Monitor
Napolitano's 'no drama' competence shows her potential -- David Broder, Washington Post
Systemic Failure -- R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr., American Spectator
EDITORIAL: Transportation Security Administration on trial -- Washington Times

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