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Intel Chief Admits Dropping Ball on Christmas Plot, 'New Mistake' Inevitable
FoxNews.Com ^ | January 20, 2010 | FoxNews

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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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: christmasplot; northwestairlines

1 posted on 01/20/2010 7:44:36 PM PST by ColdOne
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To: ColdOne

Do they think this should make us all feel better?

Wish the grown ups would run things again.


2 posted on 01/20/2010 7:49:27 PM PST by elpinta (Change: check. Hope: not so much.)
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To: ColdOne

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..!!!


3 posted on 01/20/2010 7:55:54 PM PST by gaijin
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To: ColdOne
have we ever heard the how and why this terrorist was able to get a visa???
4 posted on 01/20/2010 8:02:24 PM PST by elpadre (AfganistaMr Obama said the goal was to "disrupt, dismantle and defeat al-Qaeda" and its allies.)
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To: ColdOne
Just a reminder.

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.

5 posted on 01/20/2010 8:59:18 PM PST by null and void (We are now in day 364 of our national holiday from reality. - 0bama really isn't one of US.)
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To: null and void
I am telling you crimes againsnt the state treason come to mind??????
6 posted on 01/20/2010 9:04:24 PM PST by ColdOne (:^))
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To: elpadre

The State Dept.


7 posted on 01/20/2010 9:05:05 PM PST by ColdOne (:^))
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To: ColdOne

No. That would be me telling you.


8 posted on 01/20/2010 9:19:35 PM PST by null and void (We are now in day 364 of our national holiday from reality. - 0bama really isn't one of US.)
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To: null and void

Yes it is. He makes me so mad.


9 posted on 01/20/2010 9:23:40 PM PST by ColdOne (:^))
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To: milwguy

Not good.


10 posted on 01/21/2010 1:51:31 AM PST by Dog
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