President Obama said the failures were ultimately his responsibility US President Barack Obama has ordered a strengthening of the US terrorist watch lists, saying the US system failed over the attempted Detroit plane attack.In a national address, Mr Obama said the US failed to "connect and understand" intelligence it had prior to the failed Christmas Day attack. Unveiling measures to boost security, he said "the buck stops with me". Nigerian Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab is charged with the attempted murder of 290 people, and five other counts. 'Failure to connect'Announcing the conclusions of a review of intelligence failures uncovered by a White House inquiry, President Obama said the US government "had the information scattered throughout the system to potentially uncover this plot and disrupt the attack". ANALYSIS Adam BrookesBBC News, Washington Once again, it is the failures of the US intelligence agencies that, we are told, are to blame.[Read more...]