Politics

The President?s Review of Intelligence and Aviation Security

By Karina

This evening, President Obama released a security review on strengthening intelligence and aviation security in response to the attempted terrorist attack on Christmas Day. Speaker Pelosi on the President’s remarks:

President Obama took a bold and courageous step in immediately calling for and releasing the review on the attempted bombing of flight 253. While acknowledging the significant counterterrorism successes since 9/11, the President also made clear there were serious shortcomings that resulted in the failure to aggregate critical information related to this threat. That is unacceptable.

Protecting the American people is the number one responsibility of the President and the Congress. I commend the President for his swift action to strengthen intelligence and aviation security. Congress looks forward to working with the President to ensure the implementation of changes to improve the safety and security of our nation.

Read the summary of the security review (pdf)»

Read the President’s Directive on corrective actions (pdf)»

Read the President’s remarks»

Full post as published by The Gavel on January 07, 2010 (boomark / email).