Meanwhile, the investigation into the Christmas Day incident continues, and we're learning more about the suspect.
We were not supposed to be on the Christmas Day flight from Amsterdam to Detroit.
If ever there was a case where the WBI scanning should have been used, the Christmas Day incident was it.
The bottom line is this: The U.S. government had sufficient information to have uncovered this plot and potentially disrupt the Christmas Day attack.
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He noted the Christmas Day attempt as an example, saying the suspect had a U.S. visa but little history of involvement with terrorist groups.
At the Christmas Day party, I have the hopeless task of organising the games for excited children - and parents - until rescued by the arrival of Santa Claus.
But the TSA does not conduct screening overseas, and the Christmas Day incident underscored that the screening procedures at foreign airports are critical to our safety here in the United States.
Passengers on the Christmas Day flight described a chaotic scene that began with a popping sound as the plane was making its final approach, followed by flames erupting at AbdulMutallab's seat.
The use of AIT scanners has increased since the Christmas Day 2009 attempt by Umar Farouk AbdulMutallab to blow up a plane over Detroit by detonating plastic explosives hidden in his underwear.
But the United States has independent intelligence verifying that AbdulMutallab met with al-Awlaki somewhere in southern Yemen before the Christmas Day bombing attempt, according to a U.S. security official with knowledge of the intelligence.
All 300 passengers and crew onboard the Christmas Day flight have been interviewed by authorities, the source said, adding that he expected no one else to be held or charged in connection with the incident.
The following year, in what may have been a hint of royal displeasure, the Queen announced the traditional broadcast was being dropped in favour of televised coverage of the Christmas Day service at St George's Chapel, Windsor.
Yet as the Christmas Day attempt illustrates, and as we were reminded this week by the sacrifices of more brave Americans in Afghanistan-including those seven dedicated men and women of the CIA-the hard work of protecting our nation is never done.
The White House's review of the Christmas Day plot also found that there was sufficient information known to the U.S. government to determine that Abdulmutallab was likely working for al Qaeda and that the group was looking to expand its attacks beyond Yemen and Saudi Arabia.
Washington (CNN) -- Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said Tuesday there is a "renewed sense of urgency in the international community" about terrorism after the Christmas Day bombing attempt aboard a U.S.-bound plane, and the U.S. should now push for global security standards for international airports and aircraft.
It's the same reason you watched the NFL on Christmas Eve and the NBA on Christmas Day: money.
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The Union Christmas Day event ran from 1000 GMT on Wednesday until the early hours of Thursday.
Her husband, a car manufacturer, did not check the ticket on Christmas Day because the family was entertaining guests.
No, really: The first act begins and ends in a Manhattan apartment on Christmas Day in 1980, and the second opens in the same place on Christmas Day in 2000.
The day after Christmas is traditionally a day when retailers expect to see the last boom in store traffic for the holiday season.
Obama will get an update from Mueller on the FBI's investigation and receive information from Holder on the prosecution of the suspect in the botched Christmas Day airline bombing.
And while the United States knew of plans of an attack, John Brennan, Obama's top homeland security and counterterrorism adviser said they had failed to uncover the actual Christmas Day plot.
Washington (CNN) -- A Senate committee began its assessment of intelligence reforms put in place after the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks by focusing Wednesday on the alleged Christmas Day attack aboard a plane landing in Detroit, Michigan.
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However the bigger reason seems to be the failure of the National Counterterrorism Centre (NCTC), the intelligence-fusing body over which Mr Blair has direct oversight, to connect the dots of the attempted Christmas Day bombing of a Detroit-bound airliner.
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Washington (CNN) -- One hundred and fifty new full-body scanning machines are set to be placed in airports across the United States as federal authorities work to close security loopholes exposed by the attempted Christmas Day bombing of a U.S.-bound airliner.
Ian McCarthy, 48, and his wife Kim, 50, won the prize on Christmas Day but did not check the ticket until 10 days later.
The bonds forged then continue to this day and were about the only positive message I took with me as I left the town the day before Christmas.
Around this time, my family is busy preparing for Christmas traditions: the gift giving, the midnight candlelight service, the feast on Christmas Day.
The two grief-stricken women donned the Santa outfit on Christmas day and handed out the presents, fulfilling Kevin's last wish, before finally bringing him home.
It was Boxing Day, the Canadian equivalent of Black Friday, which falls on the day after Christmas.
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