Washington, January 01: President Barack Obama was due to receive initial findings into the botched bombing of a US plane on Thursday, amid reports that US agencies failed to share key information about the would-be bomber.
However, a first probe into lapses that almost led to an explosion on a transatlantic airliner reportedly found on Thursday.
According to The Washington Post, the report for Obama will detail how agencies failed to share or highlight intelligence gathered about the young Nigerian who tried to detonate explosive chemicals sewn into his underpants.
The Post, citing unnamed administration officials, said the report also would conclude “others were insufficiently aggressive in seeking out what was known about” 23-year-old Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, who is now in custody.
A former intelligence official took issue with the findings. “Information was shared. It was separating noise from chaff,” the official said.
–Agencies