Reports: NWA passenger was trying to blow up flight from Amsterdam into Detroit.

The suspect jerk identified as Abdul Farouk Abdulmutallab, 23, who according to federal documents is an engineering student at University College of London.  He was flying from Nigeria to the United States for a religious seminar, according to his entry visa, which was issued June 16, 2008 and was good until June 12, 2010.    Two are injured.  That is some religious seminar, huh?

Remember Richard Reid, the shoe bomber on Christmas Day?

“Eight years after Richard Reid attempted to blow up an airliner with explosives hidden in his shoe, today’s incident, on Christmas Day, is a disturbing reminder that the terrorist threat is still very real and that we must continue to be vigilant and alert,” U.S. Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, the ranking member of the Senate Homeland Security Committee said in a statement.

“The White House is calling this an attempted terrorist attack,” Collins added. “It raises some serious questions, such as how was this person able to bring an explosive substance aboard a commercial airliner? And what is the Transportation Security Administration doing to address this type of threat?”

No joke, the guy has significant connections to nefarious characters.

“He is a 23 year old Nigerian who is also – it’s been confirmed to me – while he was not on a no fly list, his name was on a list for having terrorist connections,” King said during an interview Christmas evening on CNN…

“His name was in a database indicating significant terrorist connections,” King said…

“There’s a real worry about terrorist activity in Nigeria, so much so that last year the American government gave body detection technology to Nigeria for their airports,” King said. “Their level of security, we felt was not comprable to others.”

Yiid with Lid adds that the terrorist was on a federal no fly list.  Exit question:  victim card or crazy card?

On Wednesday, Astute Bloggers asked:

WEATHER? ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS? OR, TERROR THREATS?

FIRST THE CHUNNEL SHUT DOWN – DUE TO “WINTRY WEATHER”.

NOW PENN STATION – DUE TO “ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS”.

COINCIDENCE!? OR TERROR THREAT?

Instead of relying on DHS, we might begin to watch for signs like these?

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