American spies may have wanted underwear bomber to enter America

Conspiracy theory?

in reference to:

"I’ve had my suspicions for awhile that Umar Farouk Abdulmuttalab, who tried to blow up Northwest Flight 253 on Christmas Day as it pulled into Detroit, was under US intelligence community surveillance. A Nigerian engineer traveling to Yemen to study Shari’a law and Arabic? That’s got to set off some warning bells. Now Josh Rogin reports at Foreign Policy that the State Department, according to a spokesman, may not have been to blame for Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab getting a visa into America: “Even where an individual may have some association with terrorism, that doesn’t automatocally mean that a visa should or will be revoked. There may be times when law enforcement may want to allow someone to travel so he can be watched.” “Our intent is not only to take down individuals who are involved with terrorism but to also take down the larger networks in which they operate.”"
- American spies may have wanted underwear bomber to enter America - Michael Roston - Newsbroke - True/Slant (view on Google Sidewiki)