'Buck stops with me' on jet plot: Obama

Nine News ^ | January 8, 2010

[myknowledge]

US President Barack Obama says systemic failures among intelligence agencies to detect a Christmas Day plane plot are his responsibility, maintaining "the buck stops with me".

As he unveiled a series of security reforms, Obama again criticised intelligence services for failing to connect the dots and forewarn US officials earlier that an attack was being planned.

"All of these agencies and their leaders are responsible for implementing these reforms. And all will be held accountable if they don't," Obama said in a brief White House statement on Thursday.

But the president added: "I am less interested in passing out blame than I am in learning from and correcting these mistakes to make us safer. For ultimately the buck stops with me.

"As president, I have a solemn responsibility to protect our nation and our people. When the system fails, it is my responsibility."

Nigerian national Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, 23, has been charged with attempted murder and trying to use a weapon of mass destruction on board a Northwest plane carrying 290 people from Amsterdam to Detroit.

The attack was thwarted when explosives allegedly stitched into his underwear failed to detonate as the plane approached Detroit.

Obama on Thursday unveiled measures to strengthen US watchlists as well as new steps to boost airport screening and bomb detection after the botched attack.

"I'm ordering an immediate effort to strengthen the criteria used to add individuals to our terrorist watch list. Especially the no-fly list," Obama said.

"We must do better in keeping dangerous people off airplanes while still facilitating air travel," he insisted.

The US president added he had directed the Department of Homeland Security to take additional steps to boost airport screenings and security around the world.

There should also be a greater use of advanced explosive detection technologies, he said.

"Now, there is, of course, no foolproof solution. As we develop new screening technologies and procedures, our adversaries will seek new ways to abate them as was shown by the Christmas attack," Obama said.

In "the never-ending race to protect our country, we have to stay one step ahead of a nimble adversary."

[myknowledge]

Yeah, right, Obama. It will not stop with him. The buck stops with us. US!

As he unveiled a series of security reforms, Obama again criticised intelligence services for failing to connect the dots and forewarn US officials earlier that an attack was being planned.

Obama was the biggest failure who could not self-criticize.

But the president added: "I am less interested in passing out blame than I am in learning from and correcting these mistakes to make us safer. For ultimately the buck stops with me.

No. No. Obama is only still interested in fingerpointing and scapegoating. It's all by design. Jeopardize America's 'security' in order to create panic and installation of a fascist police state at home.

"As president, I have a solemn responsibility to protect our nation and our people. When the system fails, it is my responsibility."

"As globalist elite puppet, I have a task at hand to jeopardize the nation and its people. When the system succeeds at failing, it is my achievement."

There. Fixed that.

Obama on Thursday unveiled measures to strengthen US watchlists as well as new steps to boost airport screening and bomb detection after the botched attack.

"I'm ordering an immediate effort to strengthen the criteria used to add individuals to our terrorist watch list. Especially the no-fly list,"

"We must do better in keeping dangerous people off airplanes while still facilitating air travel," he insisted.

Yeah, right, and Obama's turning the airliners and airports into prison planets.

Body Scanners Increase Privacy, Says Corporate Media

Admitted: Airport Body Scanners Provide Crisp Image Of Your Genitals

You don't want TSA security men getting horny looking lustfully upon 'naked' women through their computer displays, don't you?

Believe me, this Flight 253 failed bombing attack is just a false flag psy-op designed to condition people into trading their liberty for more 'security', when you get neither in return.

This makes me feel the thuggish TSA is populated by 'pedophiles' and 'peeping toms'.

[Hegemony Cricket]

Then fire yourself Buckwheat...

[Da Coyote]

Under Ozero, the Obuck will be Oworthless soon.

Screw yourself, Obamaloon.

[Diogenesis]

Then resign and give up your birth certificate, Pres_ _ent Obama.

[Rome2000]

This stupid communist crypto-muslim should resign immediately.

He continues to prevent the interrogation of the underwear bomber, and has the audacity to stand in front of the sheeple and talk about holding his fellow apparatchiks "responsible"

Of course the idiots at the RNC would never do anything so bold as call for the muzzie in chiefs immediate resignation and the immediate transfer of custody of the underwear bomber to the united states military, because that would require balls and common sense.

[Presbyterian Reporter]

I listened to Obama and it seemed he said nothing more than the “system” established by Bush/Cheney should have worked, but the people he has hired are incompetent to do a man’s job.

[TChad]

n "the never-ending race to protect our country, we have to stay one step ahead of a nimble adversary."

Therefore I have directed that our Homeland Security personnel give extra scrutiny to any airline passenger who appears to be nimble.

Oh, wait, that would be profiling.

Never mind.

[hal ogen]

Since the buck stops with you...resign already!!!!!!!

[Rome2000]

the never-ending race to protect our country, we have to stay one step ahead of a nimble adversary

Camel jockey ragheads are hardly "nimble" adversaries.

It's more like a moron contest, who's dumber, federal apparatchiks or camel jockeys.

My moneys on the TSA and the bulldyke head of DHS.

[Rome2000]

Its high time the GOP leadership crawls out from whatever rock it sleeps under and demands profiling of all muzzies using the same techniques EL AL uses to keep the filthy muhammedan subhuman animals from blowing up its citizens.

Make those marxist SOB’s running DC go on record on the profiling question,”Do you support racial and religious profiling, yes or no?”

They can start with the muzzie son of a whore in the White House

[hal ogen]

On second thought nobama is in the long line of elected losers. He is just like the female, black, DIM-oc-RAT mayor of Baltimore who “plea-bargained” so she could quit and get her $83,000 for life retirement yesterday. All she did was steal cash cards donated for poor people. Now what’s wrong with that????

[cranked]

[DocH]

If the buck-wheat stops with you, then RESIGN ASSHOLE.

[FastCoyote]

“Now, there is, of course, no foolproof solution.”

Frisk all Muzzies. That gets you pretty close.

[myknowledge]

Unfortunately, Obama’s globalist elite handlers won’t let him do that.

[demkicker]

As president, I have a solemn responsibility to protect our nation and our people. When the system fails, it is my responsibility."

And don't think we don't know it! This tool is so transparent. The only reason he's making another damned speech is that he's getting hammered in the press, C-Span and by outraged Americans.

[JouleZ]

“....failed bombing attack is just a false flag psy-op designed to condition people...”

Exactly right and notice that there is no way to determine (by the body scanner) what isn’t metal or inside the human body. This is a joke. Once again, the gov’t is being reactive instead of proactive while the masses submit.

This fiasco of privacy invasion will end badly and off we go to cavity searches. jeez-louise, just profile.

[1ofmanyfree]

"This makes me feel the thuggish TSA is populated by 'pedophiles' and 'peeping toms'".

Don't forget that creepy "Big Sis" Obama put over at DHS. "He/She/It" wants to look under your clothes and your kids cloths, too. For that matter, look at all 0bama0's picks, they're all sick-0's!

[bobjam]

Admittedly, my first impression was that Obama had a good response. He is correct in that it is better to solve the problem rather than assign blame.

The reality is that we are dealing with an enemy that is fully capable of adapting to whatever tactics and procedures will come up with.

That is why the most effective thing we can do is take the fight to the terrorists. Don’t wait for them to brainstorm ways to foil our security- it’s hard for them to think of such things while dodging hellfire missiles.

[April Lexington]

And all will be held accountable if they don't," Obama said...

And how many American lives will THIS PLAN cost, Obama?