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that it occurred not on the military base but near it. we do understand as well that u.s. ambassador to afghanistan former lieutenant general carl hi eikenberry is expected to reveal more details in eight or nine hours. >> jim, thank you very much. of course, as we get more information on this apparent suicide bombing in afghanistan, we will of course bring that information to you as news warrants. in the big picture, new details about how much government officials knew in the months leading up to the christmas day attempted airline bombing. the government was aware of a possible a...

the controversial body scanners would have been able to detect the explosives he had hidden in his underwear. and this morning, we' learning of a similar incident in somalia. a somali national was arrested trying to board a plane with the same powdered chemicals and with the tools needed to ignite them. that plane was not heading to the united states. all of this as president obama says the government missed key warning signs about the detroit plot. now he's calling for a review and he wants the pliminary findings by tomorrow. nbc's pete williams reports. >> reporter: president ob...

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authorities arrested a somali national last month. they say he was trying to board a flight with explosive materials, powdered chemicals, liquid, and a syringe. the flight was destined for dubai. officials back here at home are reportedly aware of the incident and working to investigate any possible links to the detroit plot. meantime, president obama is blaming intelligence agencies for failing to catch red flags surrounding umar abdulmutallab, leaving the door open for a potentially catastrophic breach of security. white house officials admit the u.s. had at least three pieces of...

umar abdulmutallab. they became aware, a nigerian had gone to yemen and was hooking up with al qaeda militants there and was possibly talking about ab attack. thirdly, sometime in late november, early december, there was an uncorroborated piece of chatter, we're told, that al qaeda in yemen was planning some kind of attack around the holidays. now, those three pieces of information the president said should have been put together and weren't. that's what he calls a systemic failure. it's not clear here -- first of all, i think it's fair to say some people in the intelligence communit...