After the failed Detroit plane bombing in which a young Nigerian managed to enter a US jet with explosive, the Barack Obama
administration has decided to dispatch its officials to countries across the world to review the security procedures and the technologies being used at international airports.
“As part of the ongoing review to determine exactly what went wrong leading up to thwarted plane attack on Christmas Day, we are looking not only at our own processes, but also beyond our borders to ensure effective aviation security measures are in place for US-bound flights that originate at international airports,†homeland security secretary Janet Napolitano said.
The announcement from Napolitano in this regard came after her conference call with US president Barack Obama wherein she briefed him about the preliminary reports of the review of the security procedures being done by the department of homeland security.
Napolitano said she is dispatching deputy secretary Jane Holl Lute, assistant secretary for policy David Heyman and other senior department officials on a broad international outreach effort to meet with leaders from major international airports in Africa, Asia, Europe, the Middle East and South America to review security procedures and technology being used to screen passengers on flights bound for America.
The department of homeland security, however, did not confirm if any of these visits would include Nigeria
in particular.
US deputy secretary Lute and assistant secretary Heyman is expected to travel first, to Europe, departing on January 4.