[Lanny_MacDonald]

Originally Posted by calculoso

Found it...

http://www.time.com/time/nation/arti...225453,00.html

"So as not to derail the British round-up, Chertoff had to wait until the early hours of Thursday morning after all the London arrests were made before notifying U.S. airports of the threat, say senior DHS officals."

(Chertoff is the US Homeland Security Secretary)

(Edit: Linked already by Transplant in the "Plot to blow up planes foiled" thread)

Uh huh, so why wasn't military and law enforcement notified prior to that? They didn't have to release details, they could have elevated and said theat possible air traffic.