Without giving specifics, the US says multiple overseas intelligence agencies were involved in the operation to seize the device.

BBC: Al-Qaeda Yemen plane bomb plot foiled by 'insider'

We are learning more each day about the multiple failures in our security and intelligence system that preceded that attack.

CNN: No one connected the dots on terror plot

Certain environments (critical infrastructure, DoD, the intelligence community) should move to multiple platforms just to increase the number of systems an attacker must have tools to compromise.

FORBES: New Cybersecurity Focus For Federal R&D Group

In a statement released after President Bush's address to the nation, Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge said intelligence officials believe terrorists will attempt multiple attacks against U.S. and coalition targets worldwide in the event of a U.S.-led military campaign against Iraq.

CNN: Terror alert level raised to 'orange'

Still, the federal government has experienced similar struggles in seeking to align incompatible computer system across multiple intelligence agencies.

WSJ: FBI Files Go Digital, After Delays and Cost Overruns

If we are to believe the reports published this weekend by three of America's leading newspapers (based on multiple if anonymous sources and semi-confirmed by top intelligence officials), the latest NIE concludes that the war in Iraq is fanning the flames of global terrorism and creating new enemies for the U.S. in the world of Islam.

NPR: U.S. Iraq Policy: Going Down on One NIE?