Posted on 01/20/2010 7:44:36 PM PST by ColdOne
Director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair, in a candid assessment of what went wrong before and after the attempted bombing of a Northwest Airlines flight on Christmas, said he had wrongly caved to external "pressure" to trim the no-fly list and even admitted the intelligence community would probably drop the ball in the future.
The visibly frustrated director spoke Wednesday alongside other top officials in a hearing before the Senate Homeland Security Committee. The intelligence director as well as Michael Leiter, director of the National Counterterrorism
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Do they think this should make us all feel better?
Wish the grown ups would run things again.
OK, so since he issues a blanket prediction of impending disaster, then that frees him of responsibility to forestall or prevent it, right?
Nice trick! Hey, he’s doing a GREAT job..!!!
0bomba has informed all our opponents that the "existing federal air marshal force of more than 3,200 personnel would be deployed almost exclusively to overseas flights flown by U.S. carriers." starting on Feb 1.
Yes. the traitor announced that domestic flights would finally be free of those pesky air marshals.
The State Dept.
No. That would be me telling you.
Yes it is. He makes me so mad.
Not good.
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