Washington (CNN) -- A Senate committee began its assessment of intelligence reforms put in place after the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks by focusing Wednesday on the alleged Christmas Day attack aboardaplane landing in Detroit, Michigan.
Two recent incidents -- a fire aboarda Japan Airlines aircraft at Boston's Logan International Airport on January 7 and a smoke alarm aboardaplane flying over Japan on January 16 -- prompted the FAA to ground all Dreamliners in the United States, and other nations quickly followed suit.