American spy agencies failed to combine the intercepted conversations with other information that might have disrupted last week’s attempted airline bombing.
Archive for December, 2009
NYT: Spy agencies didn’t connect terror clues
On December - 31 - 2009
Defying U.S. urging, Israel to build homes in Arab East Jerusalem
On December - 31 - 2009
Israel says it will build nearly 700 housing units in East Jerusalem, despite continued U.S. opposition.
Afghan bomber kills CIA officers
On December - 31 - 2009
Most of the eight US civilians killed in an Afghan bomb attack claimed by the Taliban were CIA officers, US sources say.
Iran makes new wave of arrests, blasts West
On December - 30 - 2009
Iranian security forces made a wave of new arrests Tuesday, including Nobel peace laureate Shirin Ebadi’s sister and a relative of opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi.
Shirin Ebadi-Mir Hossein Mousavi-Iran-Nobel Peace Prize-Middle East
Israel approves plan to build 900 homes
On December - 30 - 2009
Israel approved a construction plan Tuesday for hundreds of houses in a disputed neighborhood on Jerusalem’s southern outskirts, quickly prompting criticism from Washington.
Iraqi governor ‘killed’ in blasts
On December - 30 - 2009
At least 10 people die in two blasts in Ramadi, central Iraq, with conflicting reports about the provincial governor’s fate.
Iran holds 5 bodies of slain protesters
On December - 29 - 2009
Iranian authorities said they were holding the bodies of five slain anti-government protesters, including the nephew of the opposition leader.
Defying U.S. urging, Israel to build homes in Arab East Jerusalem
On December - 29 - 2009
Israel says it will build nearly 700 housing units in East Jerusalem, despite continued U.S. opposition.
China executes Briton over drugs
On December - 29 - 2009
China has executed a Briton convicted of drug smuggling and who was reportedly mentally ill, the Foreign Office confirms.
Web site: Iran cops fatally shoot 3 protesters
On December - 27 - 2009
Three opposition supporters were killed Sunday during clashes with police in central Tehran, according to an Iranian opposition Web site.
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