Napolitano: The “System Worked”..Even Though A Bomb Made It Through Security

Flopping Aces ^ | 12-27-09 | Curt

[Starman417]

Gotta agree with Jonah here....fire Napolitano.

Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said Sunday that the thwarting of the attempt to blow up an Amsterdam-Detroit airline flight Christmas Day demonstrated that "the system worked."

Asked by CNN's Candy Crowley on "State of the Union" how that could be possible when the young Nigerian who has been charged with trying to set off the bomb was able to smuggle explosive liquid onto the jet, Napolitano responded: "We're asking the same questions."

Napolitano added that there was "no suggestion that [the suspect] was improperly screened."

The system worked? You have to be joking. How can she claim it worked when a man was able to get a bomb on board a plane and almost set it off were it not for a bad detonator and some heroic passengers?

[ArmyTeach]

So, the bottom line is when the system that ‘works’ doesn’t work, to heck with the regulations. Take action!

[ridesthemiles]

Juan Williams on Fox News Sunday this AM tried to convince the panel that this bomber was a “lone wolf”...

He didn’t get far- they all jumped all over him.

Juan needs a few brain cells transplanted, IMO.

[ridesthemiles]

That being said, Secretary Napliano’s comments are pretty silly, and the fact is that this guy was approved for flight here despite warnings and being on the terror watch list is disconcerting.”

How about the fact that he was allowed to board WITHOUT a Passport?????

[ridesthemiles]

Doesn’t Gibbs remind you of the school twit everyone wanted to beat up?’

I see “Baghdad Bob” every time he appears on my TV.

Wonder how my brain does that????

[ridesthemiles]

Absolutely stunning that a HSS would attempt such a bald face lie.”

How about Janet’s statement that she didn’t want to spend any more money building a 14 foot wall at the Mexican border ‘because the Mexicans would only use a 15 foot ladder’ ?????

I want Sheriff Joe Arpaio to replace Janet in the Cabinet.

[ridesthemiles]

The only way to understand this logic is to consider that it comes from the same people, who think that gun control laws prevent criminals from using guns.”

Those same people would blame the fork and spoon for Rosie O’Donnel for being FAT.

[ridesthemiles]

Another parsing of words by Dimorats.....

He wasn’t improperly screened”.

NO—He apparently wasn’t screened AT ALL.

[ridesthemiles]

The guy who stopped the “TERRORIST” was part of the system? ROFLOL Okie Dokie”

Sure— and he was Dutch!!

I seriously hope someone is picking up part of the cost of his vacation here in the USA.

[okie01]

After all, the head muslim in the White House cannot have this attempt placed at the door of islam.

Or his administration...

[mcshot]

Maybe it was the no luggage and one way ticket that tripped them up.

It’s airtight they tell us. O’s just trying to get his peaceful brethren through.

[haroldeveryman]

Question: How could a young Nigerian ... smuggle explosive liquid onto the jet?

Answer: “We’re asking the same questions... there was no suggestion that [the suspect] was improperly screened.”

Translation: All that really matters is that this person who smuggled a bomb on board a passenger jet was not “profiled”, in spite of the fact that he was on the “no fly” list.

The persistent bureaucratic mentality of those charged with the responsibility for our security is frightening.

We have seen this before. Equally stupid was Army Chief of Staff General Casey’s remark in the wake of the Ft Hood massacre to the effect that it would have been be an “even greater tragedy” if that incident impaired “diversity”.

[hennie pennie]

Everybody should be exceptionally cautious using ANY form of public transportation, and somehow we must get this amazingly incompetent woman replace.

HOW in gawd's name did this idiotic woman get accepted into law school, much less graduate, much less become the governor of a state, she is so sadly lacking in basic intelligence & integrity and she demonstrates this EVERY time she opens her mouth.

I am so angry that this witch doesn't know enuff to RESIGN.

Officials: Only A Failed Detonator Saved Northwest Flight

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2415833/posts?page=1

[Paratrooper]

I was recently busted because I had my 4 oz shaving cream and toothpaste in a plastic bathroom hang up bag and not in a separate baggie so the TSA took them...I had been traveling with the same items stored in the same bag since 9-11.