President Obama News Conference On Foiled Terror Plot Live On KRDO.com
WASHINGTON – President Obama will speak to reporters at 3pmtoday to address the foiled terror plot aboard a Northwest Airlines on Christmas Day.
Acourt hearing to determine whether the government can get DNA fromthe Nigerian accused of trying to blow upthe plane has been postponed.
The federal court in Detroit says a hearing scheduled for Monday has been delayed until Jan. 8. No reason was given.
Prosecutors want a DNA sample from Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab. He’s charged with attempting to destroy Northwest Airlines Flight 253 as it approached Detroit on Friday. Courageous passengers pounced on him.
It’s not known why the government wants Abdulmutallub’s DNA. Defense lawyer Miriam Siefer was researching whether she had a legal basis to stop it. Abdulmutallub is being held at the federal prison in Milan, Mich.
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano says the aviation security system failed when a young man on a watch list with a U.S. visa in his pocket and a powerful explosive hidden on his body was allowed to board a fight from Amsterdam to Detroit.
A day after saying the system worked, Napolitano said her words had been taken out of context. She said Monday on NBC’s “Today” show that “our system did not work in this instance.”
Napolitano said an investigation ordered by the Obama administration will look at why Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab was allowed to board a U.S.-bound flight on Christmas Day despite being on a terrorist watch list.
