Senators favor punishing US officials for security failures in Christmas Day airliner plot As the Obama administration begins to address the failings behind ...
The bungled response that allowed a suspected bomber onto an airliner has exposed persistent holes in US security operations despite the post-September 11 ...
President Barack Obama shakes hands with National Counterterrorism Director Michael Leiter after making remarks to employees at the National Counterterrorism Center in McLean, Va., Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2009. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) Copyright 2009 AP News
MCLEAN, VA - OCTOBER 6: Michael Leiter, Director, National Counterterrorism Center, applauds after introducing U.S. President Barack Obama at the National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC) October 6, 2009 in McLean, Virginia. Obama touted his administrations push on integrating and collaborating anti-terrorism efforts. (Photo ...
WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 30: National Counterterrorism Center Director Michael Leiter testifies before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee about the domestic terror threat on Capitol Hill September 30, 2009 in Washington, DC. FBI Director Robert Mueller testified during the hearing ...
FBI Director Robert Mueller, center, flanked by Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, left, and Director of the National Counterterrorism Center Michael Leiter, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2009, before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs committee hearing ...
President George W. Bush waves as he leaves the National Counterterrorism Center in McLean, Va., Monday, Dec. 8, 2008. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) Copyright 2008 AP News
