At the Senate hearing Wednesday, Ms. Napolitano, Mr. Blair and Michael Leiter, director of the National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC), all testified that they were not consulted when an FBI special agent and the Justice Department decided to try Mr. Abdulmutallab in a civilian court.
When asked why the NCTC failed to put Mr. Abdulmutallab on the proper no-fly lists, Mr. Blair said security analysts had been pressured in the past to reduce the no-fly lists and not to add new names.
“As you read through the guidance given to analysts that they were expected to cast a very fishy eye on the inclusion of lots more — lots more names,” Mr. Blair said. “And the pressure was in the other direction. Shame on us for giving into that pressure.”
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