Same here.
So....if every single security system put in place to thwart a terrorist fails, and we are reduced to random members of the public (who had absolutely NOTHING to do with the government’s security systems) stopping a terrorist, that is equivalent to the system “working”?
On what planet is Napolitano living on?
“system worked” = “liberal definition of success”
aka boasting that “our liberal policies and personnel totally botched the situation and the terrorist very nearly blew up that airplane full of innocent people... but brave civilian passengers took him down while flames scorched the side of the cabin....... therefore, just as we said, THE SYSTEM WORKED! and aren’t we impressed with ourselves!”