US border agents discovered that the pantybomber was on the Customs and Border Protection database only after he was on board and the plane was in the air.
First of all, pantybomber was never suppose to be allowed on the plane since he did not have a passport. But doesn't it make you feel safe that the TSA is only able to identify potential terrorists when they might already by in the air?
Why didn't the TSA warn the flight crew once they knew that a potential terrorist was on board? They could have at least told the crew to be cautious of a certain individual sitting in seat 19A.
From Telegraph
Officials from the Transport Security Administration discovered Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab's name on the Customs and Border Protection database after he boarded his Northwest flight in Amsterdam and were waiting to question him upon landing in Detroit, according to senior law enforcement officials.[...]
The opportunity for detecting a passenger as a potential threat before boarding is limited, a senior Homeland Security official said, adding that in-depth vetting only begins once the flight manifest has been generated, a few hours before takeoff.
If the intelligence on Abdulmutallab had been discovered sooner, the officials said, he could have been interrogated before boarding the flight.
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