In the message sent by Blair to intelligence employees on Thursday in response to the White House review, the second paragraph refers to the flight Abdulmutallab took to Detroit on Christmas Day.
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“That Mr. Abdulmutallab boarded Northwest Flight 153 for Detroit,” said the message, “was a failure of the counterterrorism system.”
Abdulmutallab was aboard Northwest Flight 253, not 153. The passage with the wrong number can be seen above.
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