9/11 Commission Chairman: Alleged Bomber ‘Did Us A Favor’

According to the chairman of Bush administration’s 9/11 commission, the alleged Christmas Eve airplane bomber “did us a favor.”

 WASHINGTON, D.C. — According to the chairman of Bush administration’s 9/11 commission, the alleged Christmas Eve airplane bomber “did us a favor.”

Thomas Kean, a former Republican governor of New Jersey, told CNN’s State of the Union last week that the incident showed the the U.S. security system has holes that need fixing.

A 23-year-old Nigerian man, Umar Farouk AbdulMutallab, is in U.S. custody for the allegedly attempting to detonate an incendiary device on a passenger plane.

 Kean explained that it’s a “good thing” that the Obama administration is now focused on Yemen, the country where AbdulMutallab supposedly met with Al-Qaeda, though no direct evidence has been linked the young Nigerian to such a meeting.

Kean noted, “[T]here were holes obviously and the [intelligence gathering] system wasn’t working well. We found out it wasn’t working well and the president understands it’s not working well and now we’re focused on fixing it.”