After looking at thisFBI Cybersquad imagelast workweek , I ’m not surprised to hear that crappy government software that ca n’t account for misspellings was the main reason why theunderwear bomberwas able-bodied to get on aNorthwest Airlinesflight .
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Mr. Abdulmutallab possessed a U.S. visa , but this fact was not correlated with the concerns of Mr. Abdulmutallab ’s Father-God about Mr. Abdulmutallab ’s potential radicalization . A misspelling of Mr. Abdulmutallab ’s name initially resulted in the State Department think he did not have a valid U.S. visa . A determination to revoke his visa however would have only occurred if there had been a successful desegregation of tidings by the CT [ counterterrorism ] community , resulting in his being watchlisted .
In other words , when “ Abdulmutallab ” was typed into a government computer with a misspelling , the software was ineffectual to indemnify — a flaw that has been all but eliminated in on most major search platform ( like Google for example ) . alas , this problem could have been overcome had the NCTC and CIA go a handicap on all available databases . It was only after the flight took off that the passenger manifest was crosschecked against known terrorists . Alarming … you bet it is . [ Danger RoomviaSilicon Alley Insider ]
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