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| Obama orders air security review | Obama orders air security review |
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| US President Barack Obama has ordered a review of air security measures after a Nigerian man allegedly tried to blow up a trans-Atlantic jet on Christmas Day. | US President Barack Obama has ordered a review of air security measures after a Nigerian man allegedly tried to blow up a trans-Atlantic jet on Christmas Day. |
| Spokesman Robert Gibbs said the president wanted to know how a man carrying dangerous substance PETN had managed to board a flight in Amsterdam. | Spokesman Robert Gibbs said the president wanted to know how a man carrying dangerous substance PETN had managed to board a flight in Amsterdam. |
| He said the system of watch-lists would also be examined after it emerged the man was listed and known to officials. | He said the system of watch-lists would also be examined after it emerged the man was listed and known to officials. |
| A US record for 23-year-old Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab was created last month. | A US record for 23-year-old Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab was created last month. |
| Mr Gibbs told ABC News that the review would examine, firstly, the system of watch-lists used by government agencies, which includes three lists which become progressively shorter as risk increases. | Mr Gibbs told ABC News that the review would examine, firstly, the system of watch-lists used by government agencies, which includes three lists which become progressively shorter as risk increases. |
| Mr Abdulmutallab was placed on the lowest-risk list by US authorities in November 2009, along with some 550,000 others. | Mr Abdulmutallab was placed on the lowest-risk list by US authorities in November 2009, along with some 550,000 others. |
| On 24 December Mr Abdulmutallab travelled from Nigeria to Amsterdam and then on to Detroit with an explosive device attached to his body. | |
| Shortly before the flight was due to land he attempted to detonate the device beneath a blanket but he was overpowered by passengers and crew. | |
| Mr Gibbs said "air detection capabilities" would also be examined as part of the review. | |
| "The president has asked the Department of Homeland Security to answer the, quite frankly, the very real question about how somebody with something as dangerous as PETN could have gotten onto a plane in Amsterdam." | "The president has asked the Department of Homeland Security to answer the, quite frankly, the very real question about how somebody with something as dangerous as PETN could have gotten onto a plane in Amsterdam." |
| Speaking to the same network, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said there was no immediate indication that Mr Abdulmutallab was part of a broader terror plot. | Speaking to the same network, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said there was no immediate indication that Mr Abdulmutallab was part of a broader terror plot. |
| "Well, right now we have no indication that it is part of anything larger. But obviously the investigation continues. And we have instituted more screening and what we call mitigation measures at airports," she said. |