Cartoonist attack suspect might have targeted Clinton

Remember how there might have been a plot to assassinate Secretary Clinton when she was in Kenya last August? Well, the Somali man allegedly involved in that supposed plot is possibly the same one who on Friday attacked the Danish cartoonist who drew the controversial 2005 illustrations of the Prophet Muhammad. I’m qualifying everthing with "allegedly," "supposed," and "possibly" because so much seems unconfirmed at this point and it’s difficult to determine how much of this is true.

If all this is true, though, it appears that better information-sharing is needed, both within and between countries.If some man planned to kill Clinton, then why wasn’t he taken into custody, and why was he allowed into Denmark? Was there inadequate sharing of information between Kenya, Denmark, and the United States?

I assume Clinton is taking all this very seriously during her meeting with Obama in the Situation Room, which should be happening as I write this post. It’s her very life that was at stake in Kenya. Regarding the Christmas Day "underwear bomber" who own father reported him to the U.S. Embassy in Abuja, Nigeria, Clinton said Monday, "Based on what we know now, the State Department fully complied with the requirements set forth in the interagency process as to what should be done when information about a potential threat is known."

Maybe the State Department did indeed fully comply with the requirements, but that clearly wasn’t good enough. Clinton’s clearly going have to get requirements both toughened and enforced.