He waited 3 days before he finished his waffles and interrupted his Hawaiian vacation to make a statement.
True to form, he minimized the Islamic threat:
……the American people should remain vigilant, but also be confident. Those plotting against us seek not only to undermine our security, but also the open society and the values that we cherish as Americans. This incident, like several that have preceded it demonstrates that an alert and courageous citizenry are far more resilient than an isolated extremist.
http://www.thefoxnation.com/detroit-airliner-terror-plot/2009/12/28/obama-calls-terror-suspect-isolated-extremist-al-qaeda-claim
This is after al Qaeda not only claimed responsibility, but also after it became clear that Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab trained with Al Qaeda in Yemen.
The little jihadist was recruited in London:
The Christmas Day airline bomb plot suspect organised a conference under the banner “War on Terror Week” as he immersed himself in radical politics while a student in London, The Times has learnt.
Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, 23, a former president of the Islamic Society at University College London, advertised speakers including political figures, human rights lawyers and former Guantánamo detainees.
One lecture, Jihad v Terrorism, was billed as “a lecture on the Islamic position with respect to jihad”.Security sources are concerned that the picture emerging of his undergraduate years suggests that he was recruited by al-Qaeda in London. Security sources said that Islamist radicalisation was rife on university campuses, especially in London, and that college authorities had “a patchy record in facing up to the problem”. Previous anti-terrorist inquiries have uncovered evidence of extremists using political meetings and religious study circles to identify potential recruits.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article6971098.ece
Yet B. Hussein cannot connect the straight line from terrorism to Islam. What an ignorant dickbag. 2012 cannot come soon enough.