*Breaking News and Commentary from Citizens For Legitimate Government* 04 Jan 2010 *http://www.legitgov.org* <http://www.legitgov.org/ All _link_s are here: *http://www.legitgov.org/#breaking_news*<http://www.legitgov.org/#breaking_news *Six trucks of explosives 'disappear' in Yemen<http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/yemen/6932746/Si... * 04 Jan 2010 Fears of a terrorist strike against Western embassies in Yemen have grown amid claims a convoy of lorries laden with explosives had been smuggled into the country's capital city, Sana'a. In an apparently botched surveillance operation, *militants [?] driving six trucks filled with weapons and ordnance succeeded in giving security forces the slip* as they entered the city, according to local media. The revelations came as western diplomatic missions in Sana'a went into lockdown following threats from al-Qaeda's Yemeni affiliate, which has taken responsibility for a failed attempt to blow up an airliner over Detroit on Christmas Day. *Ah, then came the dawn. Yemen seizes 'Israel-_link_ed' cell<http://www.legitgov.org/northwest_bomb_plot_oddities.html07 Oct 2008 Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh has said the security forces have arrested a group of alleged Islamist militants _link_ed to Israeli intelligence*. Mr Saleh did not say what evidence had been found to show the group's _link_s with Israel, a regional enemy of Yemen. The arrests were connected with an attack on the US embassy in Sanaa last month which killed at least 18 people, official sources were quoted saying. [*Hmm. Guess they didn't get the whole cell.*] *Barack Obama summons security chiefs over Detroit bomb plot<http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/barackobam... * 04 Jan 2010 President Barack Obama returned to Washington after his Hawaii trip as he ordered increased security for United States-bound flights across the world and prepared for an emergency meeting of security chiefs. Passengers travelling from or via 14 designated countries are to be subjected to extra security screening, including full body pat-downs after a directive from the US Transportation Security Administration in response to the failed terrorist attack on Christmas Day. *US tightens security for air passengers from 'terror sponsor' countries<http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/northamerica/usa/69289... * 03 Jan 2010 US authorities on Sunday tightened security measures for all US-bound airline passengers, including enhanced mandatory screening of travellers from 14 countries believed to have _link_s to terrorism. Travellers from countries the US classifies as state sponsors of terrorism - Syria, Iran, Sudan, and Cuba [Oops! They forgot the US and Israel] - plus passengers from other countries of interest - Nigeria, Pakistan, Yemen - will be subjected to pat-down body searches and have carry-on baggage searched. Afghanistan, Libya and Somalia are also covered by the new directive, *but a complete list of countries was not released*. *U.S. Intensifies Air Screening for Fliers From 14 Nations<http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/04/us/04webtsa.html * 04 Jan 2010 Citizens of 14 nations, including Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Nigeria, who are flying to the United States will be subjected indefinitely to the intense screening at airports worldwide that was imposed after the Christmas Day bombing plot, Obama administration officials announced Sunday. *Pakistan airport security increased<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/04/AR201... * 04 Jan 2010 Pakistan's national airline said Monday it is increasing security checks for passengers heading to the United States, following U.S. requests for enhanced screening after a Nigerian man allegedly tried to ignite explosives on a flight to Detroit. *Newark Airport lockdown as man strolls through checkpoint the wrong way<http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/2010/01/03/2010-01-03_newark... * 03 Jan 2010 Frustrated travelers were delayed for hours Sunday night when officials shut down a terminal at Newark Airport after a man walked into a secure area without authorization. Dozens of flights were grounded, and thousands of passengers waited late into the night to be rescreened at Terminal C . Homeland Security Department spokeswoman Sari Koshetz said a man was seen walking down a security checkpoint exit lane into the secure area about 5:30 p.m. *Checkpoint intruder shuts down Newark Airport terminal*<http://www.nj.com/news/ledger/jersey/index.ssf?/_base_/news-15/12625821...04 Jan 2010 A man who walked into a secure area triggered a terminal-wide lockdown at Newark Liberty International Airport last night, grounding outgoing planes and forcing hundreds of passengers to await rescreening, transportation authorities said. The incident occurred nine days after a failed terrorist attack on a Detroit-bound plane heightened tensions at the nation's airports and increased security restrictions. *Power out for 1 hour at Reagan National Airport<http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100104/ap_on_re_us/us_national_airport_p... * 04 Jan 2010 The power is back on at Reagan National Airport outside Washington, D.C., after an hour-long outage that brought flights and security screening to a standstill. Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority spokeswoman Courtney Mickalonis says the power went out at about 12:30 p.m and came back on at 1:30 p.m. *U.S. Customs: Second person handcuffed on Christmas Day was on Flight 253, after all <http://www.legitgov.org/northwest_bomb_plot_oddities.html* 02 Jan 2010 A spokesman for U.S. Customs and Border Protection now says that a man who was handcuffed and questioned by authorities on Christmas Day was a passenger on Northwest Airlines Flight 253