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    US Intelligence Had the Goods on Umar Abdulmutallab

    President Obama said yesterday there were warning signs that could have averted the near-disaster on Christmas Day. He branded the government's failure to share and act upon information about "known extremist" Umar Abdulmutallab "totally unacceptable." Evan Perez covers the Justice Department for the Wall Street Journal .

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    By Warren Olney • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    President Obama said yesterday there were warning signs that could have averted the near-disaster on Christmas Day. He branded the government's failure to share and act upon information about "known extremist" Umar Abdulmutallab "totally unacceptable." Evan Perez covers the Justice Department for the Wall Street Journal.

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    Iran: A Nation in Turmoil
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      Warren Olney

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    The full episode

    1 of 3
    Iran: A Nation in Turmoil
    1. 0:00US Intelligence Had the Goods on Umar AbdulmutallabYou’re reading this
    2. 7:27Iran: A Nation in Turmoil
    3. 44:15Obama Declassifies Millions of Documents
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