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Connecting the dots after 9/11
(CNN) - The father of terrorism suspect Umar Farouk AbdulMutallab talked about his son's extremist views with someone from the CIA and a report was prepared, but the report was not circulated outside the agency, a reliable source told CNN's Jeanne Meserve on Tuesday.
Why, eight years after the attacks of 9/11, was U.S. intelligence unable to connect the dots? On Wednesday's American Morning we discussed the matter with former Homeland Security Inspector General Clark Kent Irvin and former State Department counter-terrorism official Larry Johnson.
Related: Source: CIA had report on suspect
Security experts say lessons of 9/11 forgotten
The intelligence failures related to the Christmas Day airline terror plot have triggered a new round of name-calling in Congress. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid says Republican "obstructionism" is to blame for a leadership vacuum at the Transportation Security Administration.
Meanwhile, the critical communication breakdown has security experts asking if lessons from the 9/11 attacks have been forgotten. Our Jim Acosta has the report.
Report: Bombing suspect trained with Gitmo detainees
A new report says two leaders of the Yemen terror cell that allegedly trained the Christmas Day bombing suspect were released from Guantanamo Bay prison in 2007. They are believed to have gone through a highly-scrutinized Saudi program that claims to rehabilitate former terrorists.
Christopher Boucek with the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace joined us on Tuesday's American Morning to discuss if rehabilitation can work for former Guantanamo detainees.
Is Yemen the next front in war on terror?
A branch of al Qaeda in Yemen is claiming responsibility for the attempted Christmas Day attack on a Northwest flight. The group said it was revenge for alleged U.S. strikes on Yemeni soil.
Right now among those being sheltered in Yemen is the Muslim cleric who corresponded with the suspect in the Fort Hood rampage and former Guantanamo Bay inmates who've joined Yemen's al Qaeda.
All this is raising concern that Yemen could be the next front in the war on terror.
On Tuesday's American Morning we discussed the development with Ian Bremmer, president of the Eurasia Group, and Fawaz Gerges, professor of Middle Eastern politics at the London School of Economics.
Related: Al Qaeda link investigated as clues emerge in foiled terror attack
Failed attack ignites debate over security
When President Obama spoke out on the terrorism scare in Detroit he entered a debate that had already begun over his administration's new approach to combating terrorism. Our Jim Acosta has the report.
Al Qaeda taking credit for 'advanced' device
Authorities say Umar Farouk AbdulMutallab used a pair of underwear to smuggle explosives onto Northwest Flight 253 last week. The big worry is that it was never detected by airport security.
A federal report obtained by CNN says the 23-year-old Nigerian claims he got the bomb in Yemen, along with instructions on how to use it. A branch of al Qaeda in Yemen is now claiming it was behind the plot. Our Jeanne Meserve has the report.
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