President Obama has released his most in-depth and detailed report of the attempted terror attempt on Christmas Day. There were many avoidable mistakes that led to Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab being allowed onto a Northwest Airlines flight with a bomb attached to his underwear: 1. The suspect's name was misspelled, which prevented the State Department from revoking his passport after his father informed them of his son's radicalism and disappearance. 2. Personnel at the National Counterterrorism Center and the CIA did not search all of the avaliable databases for Abdulmutallab.As for the changes, Obama has required visas to be checked against extremist databases, both after they are issued and at the time that they were requested. Also, the Department of Homeland Security will acquire $1 billion dollars of new airport screening technology.
