Upon returning from his holiday vacation to his native Hawaii, Obama immediately met with 20 high ranking officials in the Situation Room to discuss the underwear bomber incident. He has ordered two reviews: on airline passenger screening and on the US terror watch-list system. The underwear bomber was on the US terrorist watch-list, but was not prevented from boarding a plane bound for Detroit. Though current technology would not have been expected to pick up the chemical sown into the man's underwear, a review of the effeciency of airport security has commenced. Many critics believe that this incident will quell public fears about full body scans, which have been called "virtual strip searches." The TSA directed all airlines to give full-body searches to travelers from Yemen, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia and 11 other countries that have been deemed to harbor terrorist cells. Obama is expected to update the public today about what the government will do to deter future underwear bombers.
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