Eric Holder takes fire over no-fly list

From POLITICO:

Senators from both parties praised the quick arrest of the Times Square car-bomb suspect Faisal Shahzad, but Attorney General Eric Holder on Thursday also heard a lot of grumbling that Shahzad should never have been able to board a plane bound for Dubai.

"There's a lot of concern out there about why the suspect was not apprehended until the jet has pulled away from the gate," Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) told Holder during the appropriations hearing. "One really has to wonder: where was the failing here? What happened with this watch list? It makes you wonder whether or not there was a lapse in communication between the FBI and the TSA or the FBI and other law enforcement agencies working at the airport."

Eric Holder takes fire over no-fly list - Josh Gerstein - POLITICO.com