Merry Christmas... from Al-Qaeda

(AP)  Iraqi authorities have obtained confessions from captured insurgents who claim al Qaeda is planning suicide attacks in the United States and Europe during the Christmas season, two senior officials said Wednesday.

Iraqi Interior Minister Jawad al-Bolani told The Associated Press that the botched bombing in central Stockholm last weekend was among the alleged plots the insurgents revealed. Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari, in a telephone interview from New York, called the claims "a critical threat."

Stowaway Exposes TSA Problem.

Authorities are working to determine whether the mutilated body of a North Carolina student found in a Boston suburb fell from a plane.

The  remains were found on the lawn of a home in Milton, Mass.

Logan International Airport spokesman Phil Orlandella said Tuesday that police are investigating the possibility that the person was a stowaway on a jet bound for the airport.My heart felt condolences for the family.

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This tragic death points out a flaw in the TSA pat downs ad screenings. They are fighting yesterday's terrorist. Al-Queda, and it's minions know what they have done. They know that Atta and crew used boxcutters, Reid tried to hide stuff in his sneakers. Abdulmutallab hid the stuff in his panties. Well this stowaway probably got on a plane in North Carolina. He got as far as Massachusetts. If Osama sent one of his suicide terrorists to North Carolina carrying an explosive vest and snuck on the plane, instead of a student, we would be talking about the hundreds dead, not the 1 poor young man.

Al-Queda Leader Mocks Our President....

Liz Cheney Puts Out Hard Ad on Eric Holder

Brennan tries to flip the script. Blames critics

In an op-ed in USA Today, White House counterterrorism chief John Brennan charges that critics who question the Obama administration's decision to grant Miranda rights to accused Detroit bomber Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab are "serv[ing] the goals of al Qaeda."

He says that "The most important breakthrough occurred after Abdulmutallab was read his rights. Immediately after the failed Christmas Day attack, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab was thoroughly interrogated and provided important information. Senior counterterrorism officials from the White House, the intelligence community and the military were all actively discussing this case before he was Mirandized and supported the decision to charge him in criminal court." Well if he was talking, why stop?

He doesn't say that the "most important" stuff came weeks after the arrest. He doesn't say that the time delay gave all the terrorists time to hide. Gave them time to cover their tracks.