There still are more Todd Beamer’s (Lets Roll) in the world.  Thank G-d!

Two things jump out at me in this developing story from the Detroit News

“The suspect had been in a law enforcement intelligence database but was not on the government’s no-fly list, a law enforcement official told ABC.”

What the heck does it take for you to go from being on an “intelligence database” to get moved to the no-fly list??  Are we this lame about our own security?

“Two people noticed the attempt to ignite the substance and a third person jumped on the man and subdued him, an airline official told NBC News.”

To be clear here, the Northwest Airbus 330 has a passenger capacity of 34 business class seats and 264 coach seats.  The terrorist was reported to be in row 19 <updated>.   There were 277 other passengers on board.  It is quite reasonable to believe that the coach section was near full.  The seat map of the Airbus 300 in coach is a 2-3-2 configuration.  However elite airline passenger often get last minute upgrades, so its possible the would-be bomber was in a “2″ section  with no one next to him.  Seat 19 is an over the wing seat, which, if his explosive has successfully gone off possible done fatal damage to the aircraft by igniting near the fuel tanks.

“”The president was notified of the incident this morning between 9:00 and 9:30 Hawaii time by the president’s military aide,” he said. “The president subsequently convened a secure conference call with John Brennan, his Homeland Security and Counter-terrorism adviser, and Denis McDonough, NSS chief of staff. He asked to arrange subsequent secure call and in that call instructed that all appropriate measures be taken to increase security for air travel.

The Department of Homeland Security said passengers might see additional screening measures on domestic and international flights because of the incident and urged travelers to report any suspicious activity or behavior to law enforcement officials.”

Let me get this straight – We are at Security Code ORANGE – a “High Risk of Terrorist Attacks.”  We -MIGHT- see additional screening measures?  So what could possibly differentiate Orange from Red which is a “Severe Risk of Terror Attacks”  Could it be they may actually screen for likely JIHADISTS????!!!!

UPDATE:  h/t Jawa Report 

Abdul Farouk Abdulmutallab was flying from Nigeria to the United States for a religious ceremony, according to his entry visa, which was issued June 16, 2008 and was good until June 12, 2010.

Name ANY religious ceremony that lasts 2 years?   WHAT ARE WE DOING??!??