The US media today slammed intellegence agencies for their failure to connect the dots that would have prevented a Nigerian terror suspect from sneaking explosives inside a plane on Christmas Day. Around 300 passengers aboard the Amsterdam-Detroit North West Airlines Plane had a miraculous escape on December 25, after Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab (23), failed to ignite highly flammable explosive PETN or Pentaerythritol tetranitrate, which was sewed in his underwear. Abdulmutallab, charged with attempt to blow up the US plane, is presently at a federal prison and during interrogation; he told FBI that he received PETN and training from a Al Qaeda aid in Yemen. The Al Qaeda in Yemen has claimed responsibility for the incident. The Fox News reported that CIA's Africa Desk had prepared a report on this young Nigerian man well before he allegedly tried to blow up a plane over Detroit on Christmas Day, but the report remained distributed as the analyst in-charge was waiting for pictures of the man. The Washington Post said agencies under particular scrutiny include the CIA, the National Security Agency (NSA), in charge of electronic intercepts, and the State Department.<br/>