Dec 28, 2009 By Judith Miller FOXNews.com   While the new flight regulations should be mocked and repealed, it would be foolhardy to downplay the threat they were meant to address. Islamic militants and other extremists will not stop trying to kill us. If you’re flying overseas soon, or even thinking of flying and don’t [...]

December 29, 2009 – 3:54 PM | by: Conor Powell KABUL- A bipartisan Congressional delegation expressed serious concerns Tuesday about Afghan President Hamid Karzai’s ability to halt corruption and clean up his weak government after meeting with the Afghan leader, but said they are now more confident in Gen. Stanley McChystal’s plan for fighting the [...]

By Ed Henry and Jamie Crawford, CNN December 30, 2009 1:55 a.m. EST Honolulu, Hawaii (CNN) — In a marked shift from previous positions, senior Obama administration officials now say they are starting to see an al Qaeda connection to the attempted terror attack on a U.S.-bound airliner. In the days after the failed attempt [...]

Dec 29, 2009 CNN) — The father of terrorism suspect Umar Farouk AbdulMutallab talked about his son’s extremist views with someone from the CIA and a report was prepared, but the report was not circulated outside the agency, a reliable source told CNN’s Jeanne Meserve on Tuesday. Had that information been shared, the 23-year-old Nigerian [...]

They’ll Do Little to Help Airline Security; Focus Should Be on Airports, Not Planes Dec 29, 2009 (CBS)  CBS News Travel Editor Peter Greenberg will do occasional columns for CBSNews.com. Here, he comments on changes implemented in airline security procedures after the Northwest Airlines Flight 253 incident. Suffice is to say, Greenberg finds the new [...]

Saying ‘system Worked’ After Bomb Try Raises Questions On Administration’s Response Dec 30, 2009 (AP)  WASHINGTON (AP) – The Obama administration claim that “the system worked” after a failed aircraft bombing wasn’t quite as jolting as President George W. Bush’s “Brownie, you’re doing a heckuva job” while New Orleans sank under deadly Hurricane Katrina. But [...]

Dec 30, 2009 by Daniel Carty Sen. Jim DeMint, R-S.C., said he was encouraged that President Barack Obama talked openly about the “systemic failures” involving the attempted Christmas bombing of Northwest Flight 253, but criticized him for not focusing more on terrorism since taking office. “The president has downplayed terrorism since he took office. He [...]

Officials Say Somali National Tried to Board Airplane With Powdered Chemicals Dec 30, 2009 (AP)  Officials say a Somali national tried to board a commercial airliner in Mogadishu last month with powdered chemicals, liquid and a syringe that together could have caused an explosion. The hallmarks bear chilling similarities to the terrorist plot to blow [...]

No Search for Abdulmutallab in Yemen Despite Father’s Warning to U.S. By BRIAN ROSS and KIRIT RADIA Dec. 29, 2009 President Obama rendered a harsh verdict on the nation’s intelligence community Tuesday. The bottom line said the President, is that U.S. intelligence and law enforcement had enough information to stop accused Northwest 253 bomber Umar [...]

Commentary by David Reilly Dec. 30 (Bloomberg) — To close out 2009, I decided to do something I bet no member of Congress has done — actually read from cover to cover one of the pieces of sweeping legislation bouncing around Capitol Hill. Hunkering down by the fire, I snuggled up with H.R. 4173, the [...]