Both DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano and President Barack Obama used language that emphasizes the isolated terrorist or lone terrorist concept in their response to the Northwest Airlines Flight 253 bombing attempt.

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President Barack Obama on Tuesday acknowledged “deficiencies” and a “systemic failure” in the nation’s national security and anti-terror system regarding the attempt on Northwest Airlines Flight 253..

Obama said U.S. intelligence officials were warned weeks ago about the Nigerian man alleged to have tried to blow up a U.S.-bound flight on Christmas Day, and the man should never have been permitted to board the plane.

President Barack Obama called the breach in airline safety and national security “totally unacceptable.”

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DEC 29 2009 — From Hawaii vacation location, President Obama vowed to track down and destroy terror cells all over the world last night as he finally ended his silence over a failed Christmas Day plot to blow up an American passenger jet.

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Abdul Farouk Abdulmutallab, 23, a Nigerian engineering student at University College London, is said to have admitted to trying to detonate an explosive powder taped to his leg with chemicals aboard the Airbus 330 which was carrying 278 passengers. The explosive powder on his body was undetected before boarding KLM Flight 588 in Lagos, Nigeria and before he connected at Amsterdam to Northwest 253 destined to Detroit.

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SAT DEC 26 2009 — An Israeli special force went into the West Bank town of Nablus and killed Ghasen Abu Sharaf, Raad Sukarj and Banan Suboh, leading members of the Al Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades, the suicide-military wing of Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah. All three were implicated in the drive-by shooting murder of Rabbi Meir Avshalom Chai Thursday night, December 24, 2009.

SOURCE: Israeli forces kill 6 Palestinians: Rabbi’s murderers and would-be infiltrators from Gaza

Two of the four leaders allegedly behind the al Qaeda plot to blow up a Northwest Airlines Flight 253 passenger jet over Detroit Christmas Day were released by the U.S. from the Guantanamo prison in November, 2007, according to American officials and Department of Defense documents.

Guantanamo prisoner #333, Muhamad Attik al-Harbi, and prisoner #372, Said Ali Shari, were sent to Saudi Arabia on Nov. 9, 2007, according to the Defense Department log of detainees who were released from American custody. Al-Harbi has since changed his name to Muhamad al-Awfi.

SOURCE: Two al Qaeda Leaders Behind Northwest Flight 253 Terror Plot Were Released by U.S.

DEC 28 2009 – A singed pair of underwear with a packet of powder sewn into the crotch, was obtained and published exclusively by ABC News. Al Qaeda took credit Monday for the attempted underwear bombing, bragging about its ability to overcome U.S. intelligence and airport security. Al Qaeda promised new attacks.

Abdulmutallab suffered second-degree burns in his genital area, investigators told ABC News.

SOURCES: EXCLUSIVE ABC: Photos of the Northwest Airlines Bomb

INJURIES ABC: Investigators: Northwest Bomb Plot Planned by al Qaeda in Yemen (page 2)

A Michigan man lawyer, traveling with his wife aboard Northwest Airlines Flight 253, says he witnessed Umar Farouk Abdul Mutallab trying to board the plane in Amsterdam without a passport. A man in an expensive suit asked ticket agents if Mutallab could board the plane, saying Mutallab was from Sudan — and we do this all the time. In fact, Umar Farouk Abdul Mutallab is Nigerian.

When the plane was about 10 minutes from landing in Detroit, the lawyer saw commotion and fire — and recognized the Mutallab as the man who was helped by the sharp-dressed man.

SOURCE: Flight 253 passenger: Sharp-dressed man aided terror suspect Umar Farouk Abdul Mutallab onto plane without passport (MLive.com exclusive)