Americans should be alarmed to by the story of the Nigerian charged in attack on a Detroit-bound flight on Christmas. In November, the man's father had reported to the U.S. Embassy in Nigeria concern over his son, presumably his son's potential threat as a terrorist.
Reports say U.S. government officials did not feel they had sufficient specific information to put the son, now a confirmed terrorist, on a no-fly list or to revoke his visa to come to the United States.
After 9/11, two wars on terrorism, numerous terrorist plots on Americans since Sept. 11, 2001, and the thousands of American soldiers killed defending our country, the government cannot even stop a terrorist when he is handed over to them by his father. What chance have we got to protect our country with such incompetent leadership?
