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6:50 PM ET, December 26, 2009

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Samuel Goldsmith / NY Daily News:
Father of Umar Farouk Abdul Mutallab, Nigerian terror suspect in Flight 253 attack, warned U.S.  —  The terror suspect who tried to blow up a Detroit-bound plane is the son of a Nigerian banker who alerted U.S. authorities to his “extreme religious views” months ago, it was reported Saturday.
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New York Times:
Passengers Took Plane's Survival Into Own Hands  —  Despite extensive spending since 2001 on intelligence and counterterrorism programs, sophisticated airport scanners and elaborate watch lists, it was something simpler that averted disaster on a Christmas Day flight to Detroit: alert and courageous passengers and crew members.
New York Times:
Restrictions Rise After Terrorism Attempt  —  Transportation authorities began imposing tighter security measures at airports on Saturday and ordered new restrictions governing the activities of passengers during flights as investigators conducted searches to learn more about the Nigerian …
Soraya Roberts / NY Daily News:
Jasper Schuringa subdued alleged terrorist Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab on Northwest Airlines 253  —  The passenger who tackled a suspected terrorist on Northwest Airlines Flight 253 said Saturday that he's “happy” to be alive.  —  Jasper Schuringa, a video director and producer from Amsterdam …
Air Canada:
Travel Advisory  —  Air Canada advises passengers travelling to the U.S. that due to enhanced government security measures air travellers should arrive early at airports to allow extra time to clear security screening.  Passengers should also expect flight delays, cancellations and missed connections …
Tom Liddy / New York Post:
Terror hero: I didn't hesitate  —  A Dutch airline passenger told The Post how he leapt into action when an alleged Muslim terrorist tried to blow up a Detroit-bound airliner packed with 300 people just moments before landing.  —  Chaos erupted as alleged terrorist Umar Farouk Abdul Mutallab …
Faiz Shakir / Think Progress:
Hoekstra Quickly Politicizes Attempted Terrorist Attack, Suggests Obama's Clueless On National Security  —  Yesterday, the White House announced that there had been “an attempted act of terrorism” aboard a trans-Atlantic Northwest Airlines flight arriving from Amsterdam as it was preparing to land in Detroit.
Fox News:   Official: U.S. Knew for 2 Years Suspect Could Have Terror Ties
New York Times:
Terror Attempt Seen as Man Tries to Ignite Device on Jet
Ezra Klein:
The rise of the filibuster: An interview with Barbara Sinclair  —  Barbara Sinclair is a political scientist at UCLA who specializes in Congress.  She's also one of relatively few scholars to have quantified the rise in the filibuster over the previous few decades.
Discussion: Alas, a blog
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Ezra Klein / Washington Post:
After health care, we need Senate reform  —  On Dec. 8, 1964, Mike Manatos wrote a letter that explains what's wrong with the Senate in 2009.  This wasn't, of course, the subject of his letter.  Manatos was no futurist; he was Lyndon Johnson's liaison to the Senate, and he was writing …
Discussion: Ezra Klein and RedState
Myglesias / Matthew Yglesias:
The Rise of the Filibuster
Ann Althouse / Althouse:
Let the President stay in the White House — or, at most, retreat to Camp David.  —  “President Barack Obama's Christmas Day began with a briefing about a botched attack on an airliner in Detroit and ended with a visit to a dining hall for members of the military.
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Kucinich: Generals who spoke publicly on Afghan strategy should lose jobs  —  Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) this week said that U.S. generals who spoke publicly about the nation's Afghan strategy during the president's deliberations should lose their jobs.  —  Kucinich, who is known …
James Freeman / Wall Street Journal:
The World's District Attorney  —  Legendary prosecutor Robert Morgenthau on his famous cases, his brawl with Mike Bloomberg, and why he's sounding alarm about Iran.  —  Printer  —  Friendly  —  In the criminal justice system, the people of Manhattan have been represented for 35 years …
Discussion: Emptywheel
 
 
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