DND chief caught flatfooted but admits gov’t was tipped off 01/27/2011

AS NOYNOY, AIDES ATTEMPT TO DOWNGRADE TERRORIST ATTACK

DND chief caught flatfooted but admits gov’t was tipped off

01/27/2011
Even as the Aquino government authorities were tipped off on the bus bombing before the bomb went off, they were still caught with their pants down.

This was admitted by Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin yesterday as he said the government was caught flatfooted on Tuesday’s bus explosion despite the fact that the authorities had been tipped off about a possible terror attack.

But the DND chief, in an apparent attempt to evade charges of a failure of intelligence, stressed that the perpetrators merely managed to pull a fast one in this particular incident.

Gazmin said they are still exploring other angles and not just focusing on this blast being an act of terrorism.
President Aquino earlier had said threat assessments last year showed that were terrorist groups planning attacks but that these groups lacked the resources, capability, and support base to carry out attacks..... MORE

Source:  The Daily Tribune

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