Washington DC, Jan 8 (THAINDIAN NEWS) In an interview with USA Today, White House national security adviser James Jones says that Americans will feel “a certain shock” when a report on the Christmas Day bomber is released. According to the report the U.S. spy agencies and the State Department had information and idea about a Nigerian man with alleged ties to militants in Yemen before he tried to blow up a U.S. passenger jet unsuccessfully on Christmas Day. Thankfully he was not successful in his bombing attempt, otherwise hundreds of lives would have had been lost.

Even though the US spy agencies had information about the bomber, but all the reports were not collected and linked together to see the bombing details clearly. This intelligence failure is a big letdown for the premier spy agencies and this had led to an investigation as to why the alleged bombing plot was not uncovered in advance. The report details what anomalies and omissions were made that allowed a 23-year-old Nigerian man to board a Detroit-bound plane, and ignite a package of explosives concealed in his underwear.

Earlier the Nigerian Senate had condemned the flight-bombing attempt after a 23-year-old Nigerian Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab tried to bomb a Northwest flight 253, which was flying from Amsterdam to Detroit. But it can certainly be termed as a Christmas miracle, because he wasn’t successful due to quick reflexes by the crew and the passengers, and also due to a faulty detonator. After this unsuccessful bombing attempt, concerns about airline safety are at an all time high and stricter restrictions are expected soon.

“We condemn this strange act of terrorism in very strong terms and we are at a loss where he got this strange habit from,” the country’s upper chamber said in a statement reaching here on Monday. “Nigeria abhors terrorism in all its ramifications, and the Senate therefore, frowns at this isolated and unfortunate incident,” the statement said.