On December 25, 2009, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, a 23 year-old Nigerian, tried to blow up Northwest flight 253 (Amsterdam to Detroit). The bomb fizzled in his lap.
Apparently, our government had "intelligence from Yemen" that there was someone being prepared for an attack, but our Homeland Security blew it.
Had Farouk's attack been successful, this would have been horrible, of course. Thank goodness it wasn't.
I hope this will serve as a serious warning to the people we have in place that are supposed to protect us.
To be honest, I've wondered why this kind of thing hasn't happened more often. I expected a lot more after Septermber 11, and I think we have just been lucky that, for whatever reason(s), there was a reprieve. However, I'm afraid we're in for more of the same.
Because we're just human, it is inevitable that sometimes our defenses will not work. However, Americans have a high expectation for rigorous and tight protection, and I do think our government can run an extremely efficient and protective system for us.
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