uma farouk abdulmutallab met with al qaida operatives in a remote mountain region that was later hit with the air strike that targeted a gathering of the groups top leader. yemen's deputy prime minister. seattle? caller: i'm really disappointed the whole system. the problem is all over our country, none of them are not none, but less than 50% of them get x-rays and inspected and they all end up in the same airplane. whether you check the people or not, better than 50% of your cargo does not get inspected so when they going to get serious and close the gap? host: chicago on the independent line. john? caller: yes, good morning. first time on. i've listened to you quite often. i want to speak a little bit to the war on terror. only because if there's a phrase that can divide a country. one phrase that can circumvent. 800 years of law, to justify havoc and i legal thing the ropes done. this is to do it. how do you have aware on the tactic? this is attack tick terror. it's a police action. this is investigative stuff that needs to be done. not this constant keeping everybody on edge. i j

there were clues about a white house affiliate in yemen to attack the united states about uma farouk abdulmutallab accused of the trying blow a hole in the side of a detroit-bound northwest flight 253. the world is shocked. this is the lead editorial this morning. the government's report clilingly reports that the united states still doesn't have a single data pace with all terrorism information. incredibly it suggests the intelligence community doesn't know the current visa status beginning the no fly list. president has ordered immediately handling in security. we would feel more secure if the steps were not so basic and evident. they clarify under up great computer technology. train and list and watch procedures and add more people and enhance airport screening. more than 8 years late are the u.s. has another chance to learn from mistakes and so does al qaida and president barack obama has his work cut out for him. west river, marry lynn. republican. how are you? caller: good morning. i wanted to comment i do not feel safeer in this country at all because i don't feel i'm being protected from t