Obama Says He'll Meet With Aides On Flight 253 Review On Tuesday

TPM:

President Obama held secure conference calls with his top national security team today in Hawaii to receive the preliminary review of the events leading to the failed terror attempt on Flight 253.

Obama did not reveal the contents of the review, expected to show some communication failures in the intelligence collection process, but issued a short statement previewing his actions when he returns from his Hawaiian vacation next week.

This morning, I spoke with John Brennan about preliminary assessments from the ongoing consultations I have ordered into the human and systemic failures that occurred leading up to the attempted act of terrorism on Christmas Day and about our government-wide efforts at continued vigilance on homeland security and counterterrorism efforts. In a separate call, I spoke with Sec. Napolitano to receive an update on both the Department of Homeland Security review of detection capabilities and the enhanced security measures in place since the Christmas Day incident.

I anticipate receiving assessments from several agencies this evening and will review those tonight and over the course of the weekend. On Tuesday, in Washington, I will meet personally with relevant agency heads to discuss our ongoing reviews as well as security enhancements and intelligence-sharing improvements in our homeland security and counterterrorism operations.