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Obama to Unveil Reforms to Anti-Terrorist Policies

   U.S.  officials  say  President Barack Obama will announce a series of
   reforms  to  the nation's counterterrorism policies Tuesday, following
   the attempted December 25, bombing of a U.S. jetliner

   VOA News 05 January 2010
   President  Barack Obama greets people as he steps off Air Force One at
   Andrews Air Force Base, 4 Jan 2010

Photo: AP

   President  Barack Obama greets people as he steps off Air Force One at
   Andrews Air Force Base, 4 Jan 2010

   Mr.  Obama  will  outline  the  new measures, including changes to the
   nation's  terrorist  watch  list, after meeting with senior members of
   his national security team.
   Officials  say  the president will receive an update from FBI Director
   Robert Mueller on the investigation into the attempted bomb attack and
   will also discuss with Attorney General Eric Holder the prosecution of
   the Nigerian man suspected in the incident.
   Mr.  Obama  will  also  receive  updates  on a review of the terrorist
   detection   techniques   from   Homeland   Security   Secretary  Janet
   Napolitano.
   Secretary  of  State  Hillary Clinton, Defense Secretary Robert Gates,
   and  CIA  Director  Leon  Panetta  will also hold discussions with the
   president.
   Mr.  Obama ordered an inter-agency review to determine how Umar Farouk
   Abdulmutallab  was  was  able  to  bring  explosives  onto a Northwest
   Airlines  jetliner  headed to Detroit from Amsterdam .  The explosives
   failed  to detonate, and passengers and plane crew managed to restrain
   Abdulmutallab.
   On  Sunday, the U.S. Transportation Security Administration issued new
   rules  requiring  people traveling from or through high-risk countries
   to  go  through  tighter screening on flights headed for the U.S.  The
   countries include Cuba, Iran, Sudan and Syria, which are listed by the
   State Department as state sponsors of terrorism.
   Also   subject   to   more  stringent  screening  are  travelers  from
   Afghanistan,  Algeria,  Iraq, Lebanon, Libya, Nigeria, Pakistan, Saudi
   Arabia, Somalia and Yemen.

   Some information for this report was provided by AP, AFP and Reuters.

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