Detroit bomber alert not specific enough to rise out of 'noise'
(NEWSER) - However ill-advised it looks in hindsight, the decision of counterterrorism officials last month not to pursue a warning from the Nigerian would-be bomber's father was standard procedure for agencies flooded with unsubstantiated terrorism tips. It takes a specific threat, or an existing body of knowledge about an individual, for information to "rise out of the noise level, because there is just so much out there," an intelligence official tells the Washington Post . More»
