In a performance worthy of John Kerry, Homeland Security boss Janet Napolitano first said on Saturday that the airline security system worked with the near disaster on the Delta flight that the Nigerian kid tried to blow up and then reversed course Sunday saying "it failed in this instance." Ya think? news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091228/ap_on_go_ot/us_airliner_attack What wasn't as widely reported was her reason why the system isn't working. The real culprit, according to Napolitano, is - get ready for it - BUSH!! Booga booga. newsbusters.org/blogs/mark-finkelstein/2009/12/28/clueless-napolitano-now-concedes-system-failed-miserably
Well, Janet, I hate to break it to you but it's your watch now. The bad guys are constantly probing our systems and adapting their tactics - it's a dynamic process. We likewise have to constantly be evolving our hardware and tactics. Of course in this case the fact that kid's father was doing everything he could to alert authorities that his son had gone off the Islamic deep end and was dangerous could probably have been considered actionable intelligence, especially when he bought an airline ticket to the U.S. Then again, this is the same Administration that cautions us not to jump to conclusions when an Army major of Arabic origin who has publicly discussed killing his fellow serviceman, dresses in full martyr garb, and then kills 13 soldiers at Ft. Hood while shouting "Aluhu Akbar!" I mean there is absolutely nothing to indicate that this guy is a terrorist as opposed to a simple nut case. As long as politics trumps vigilance in the national security arena, we can only pray that the same mercy that God showed to the passengers of the Delta flight continue with our nation as a whole.
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