President Obama cites problems that contributed to the botched Christmas terror attack.
The government had sufficient information to have potentially disrupted an al Qaeda plot to bomb an airliner on Christmas Day, but failed to identify Umar Farouk AbdulMutallab as a potential bomber, a White House review of the incident shows.
Federal agencies, including the State Department, the Department of Homeland Security and the National Counter Terrorism Center, are telling their people not to describe Islamic extremists as "jihadists" or "mujahedeen"
It's not just presidential candidates. The government has been quietly expanding access to passport files for all Americans
The House Republican leadership unveiled a post-September 11 government reform bill that is significantly broader than a bill before the Senate, setting up a potential problem for lawmakers who promised to complete action on the legislation before the November election.
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