The latest attempt by the Obama administration to hide their incompetence and deny their failed policies is to state the obvious as if it were new information. In his weekly radio address Saturday, President Obama said of the Flight 253 bomber, "We know that he traveled to Yemen, a country grappling with crushing poverty and deadly insurgencies. It appears that he joined an affiliate of al-Qaida, and that this group - al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula - trained him, equipped him with those explosives and directed him to attack that plane headed for America." Great detective work, Mr. President. The New York Times and hundreds of other media outlets published that information a week ago citing your government sources. (source)

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Since the attempted Christmas Day terrorist attack on Flight 253, there has been much discussion of the Obama administration's reaction and what signals it's sending. The original tactic of releasing statements from various spokespeople was supposed to minimize the affect the attempt had on the country. Supposedly if the president didn't speak of it directly, then it didn't hurt/scare/concern the American people. Take two had Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano assuring the world that the system worked. Take three had her then backpedaling a day later to admit that the system did not work.

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In the wake of Friday's attempted terrorist attack on Flight 253 there have been statements and reports from a wide variety of sources. Various government officials have let us know the suspect, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, appeared in US intelligence reports. Another government official said Abdulmutallab's father went to the US embassy in Abuja, Nigeria with concerns about his son. Federal officials have announced a new layer of restrictions to hopefully improve safety. Members of Congress are talking about a potential probe into how the incident occurred. The Justice Department has charged that Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab with willfully attempted to destroy or wreck an aircraft. And of course witnesses to the event have been telling reporters what actually happened on the plane. But one voice is missing from it all.

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