Dozens added to no-fly list

[Freddie Stubbs]

HONOLULU — Dozens of names have been added to the government’s no-fly list after an ongoing review of the terrorist watch-list system in the wake of a 23-year-old Nigerian man’s attempt to blow up a passenger jet on Christmas Day, White House spokesman Bill Burton said Monday.

“Probably thousands upon thousands upon thousands of names were scrubbed, and probably dozens were moved to different lists,” Burton told reporters aboard Air Force One as President Barack Obama flew home from Hawaii.

Obama is set to meet Tuesday with top national security and intelligence officials to discuss the preliminary findings of investigations into how Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, who had known ties to extremists, escaped the scrutiny of intelligence agencies and was able to board a Northwest Airlines flight with explosives.

Various government agencies — from Homeland Security to the National Counterterrorism Center — have submitted reviews of their practices to the White House over the past few days. On Monday, Obama will hear from the CIA, Burton said, and he will meet with John Brennan, his counterterrorism adviser, who is leading the reviews.

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