Is Obama FINALLY admitting that the 12/25 attack was terrorism, not just extremists? Is Panetta through?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100102/ap_on_re_us/us_airline_attack_obama
Obama cites apparent al-Qaida link in bomb plot
“An al-Qaida affiliate in Yemen apparently ordered the Christmas Day plot against a U.S. airliner, training and arming the 23-year-old Nigerian man accused in the failed bombing, President Barack Obama said Saturday.
“This is not the first time this group has targeted us,” Obama said, reporting on some of [...]