“Think of what it took for the father, one of the most respected bankers in Nigeria, to walk into the American embassy and turn in his own son. The father’s a hero. His visit by itself should have been enough to set off all kinds of alarms."
—Thomas H. Kean, chairman of the 9/11 commission, on Alhaji Umaru Mutallab, whose son is charged with trying to blow up an American jetliner.
(Seen on the NY Times web site - 1/5/2010
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