Washington: The father of terrorism suspect, Umar Farouk AbdulMutallab talked about his son with someone from the CIA and a report was prepared, but the report was not circulated outside the agency, a reliable source on Tuesday.
Had that information been shared, the 23-year-old Nigerian passenger Abdulmutallab, who is alleged to have bungled an attempt to blow up a jetliner before it landed in Detroit, Michigan, on Christmas Day might have been denied passage on the Northwest Airlines flight, the source said.
The source's comments came shortly after President Obama blamed "a mix of human and systemic failures" for the incident and directed that preliminary findings into the matter be delivered to the White House by Thursday.
Earlier this week, a senior Obama administration official said AbdulMutallab's father warned officials at the US embassy in Nigeria in November that he believed his son was under the influence of religious extremists.
Federal authorities have charged Umar Farouk Abdul Mutallab with trying to detonate explosives hidden in his underwear as the Northwest Airlines flight from Amsterdam, Netherlands, made its final approach to Detroit. The device failed to fully detonate, instead setting off a fire at his seat.
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