New York Times: “On Jan. 7, 2010, President Obama addressed the findings of a review into the intelligence and screening failures prior to a Nigerian man’s attempt to blow up an airplane on Christmas Day. The White House released a declassified account of the review, as well as a list of actions the president ordered various government agencies to adopt to better secure the safety of the American people…The White House released the report – detailing what the government knew about the terrorist incident and what should have been done to prevent it – as an attempt to illustrate that the administration is conducting its business with transparency and airing mistakes in an effort to show the American people that they will be corrected.”

• Declassified Account of the Terror Plot Review
• Actions Ordered to Agencies to Strengthen National Security