Napolitano flip-flops: The System Failed
Wimpy in the White House
Now she admits that the Obama administration and Obama's system failed
to prevent a muslim terror attack - the 2nd in months in America.
Meanwhile, Obama is *still* working on page 4 of the sequel to "My Pet
Goat" as he's partying in Oahu and hiding from the terrorism that his
weak policies have once again allowed to occur in America.
Obama is soft on terrorism....and now holiday travelers worldwide are
paying the price....
Updated December 28, 2009
Napolitano Acknowledges Security Failed in Allowing Terror Suspect on Plane
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano conceded Monday that
airline security failed in allowing a Nigerian on a terror watch list
and allegedly armed with explosives onto a Detroit-bound flight, a
turnaround from her declaration a day day earlier that "the system worked."
The secretary's comment Sunday was widely criticized, given that suspect
Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab was foiled because his explosive mixture did
not properly detonate and he was stopped in his tracks by vigilant
passengers.
The suspect, who carried the explosive in his underwear, passed through
security at two airports -- in Nigeria and Amsterdam, Netherlands. Plus
he was not on any "no-fly" list, even though he was on a massive federal
database of people with suspected ties to terrorists and his father
apparently had warned U.S. embassy officials in Nigeria about his son.
"Here, clearly, something went awry. We want to fix that problem,"
Napolitano told Fox News on Monday.
She said officials are doing a complete review to determine what needs
to change to prevent such a passenger from clearing security in the future.
"No secretary of homeland security would sit here and say that a system
worked prior to this incident which allowed this individual to get on
this plane," Napolitano said.
Her comments marked a change in tone from the day before, when she
lauded security officials' handling of the affair.
"I think the important thing to recognize here is that once this
incident occurred, everything happened that should have," she said on
ABC's "This Week" on Sunday. "We trained for this. We planned for this."
On CNN's "State of the Union," she said: "One thing I'd like to point
out is that the system worked."
The statement was swiftly condemned. Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y., told CBS'
"Face the Nation" that the system "failed in every respect."
On Fox News, Napolitano clarified Monday that she was referring to
security precautions that went into effect for other flights following
the incident in Detroit.
"My comment was that once this incident occurred we were able to
immediately notify the 128 flights already in the air from Europe," she
said. "We were able to immediately institute new security precautions.
... And we were immediately able to provide additional security for the
traveling public."
She said the current system was in place before she took the helm at the
Department of Homeland Security, and that she was "familiar" with that
system. She said officials will now look "backwards" to determine what
went wrong.
"This individual was able to get on this plane with this material. That
should not have happened," she said.
Some lawmakers continued to express concern Monday about the
administration's response to the incident, and warning signs that were
missed.
Harold Demuren, the head of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, said
Abdulmutallab paid cash on Dec. 16 for the $2,831 round-trip ticket from
Lagos, Nigeria, to Detroit via Amsterdam -- a ticket that came from a
KLM office in Accra, Ghana. Demuren said Abdulmutallab checked into his
flight with only a small carryon bag.
King said that alone should have qualified the passenger for "secondary
screening."
"What more do you need to at least give the guy a pat down?" he told Fox
News, adding that Napolitano needs to show some "intensity" over the
attempted attack.
"Janet Napolitano has now told two different stories in two days. First
she said everything worked. Now she says it didn't work," King said.
"Success is stopping these attacks, not responding to them," Rep. Pete
Hoekstra, R-Mich., told Fox News.
Law enforcement officials believed the suspect tried to ignite a
two-part concoction of the high explosive PETN and possibly a
glycol-based liquid explosive, setting off popping, smoke and some fire
but no deadly detonation.
An apparent malfunction in a device designed to detonate the PETN may
have been all that saved the 278 passengers and the crew aboard
Northwest Flight 253. No undercover air marshal was on board and
passengers and crew subdued the suspect when he tried to set off the
explosion. He succeeded only in starting a fire on himself.
Security experts said airport "puffer" machines that blow air on a
passenger to collect and analyze residues would probably have detected
the powder, as would bomb-sniffing dogs or a hands-on search using a
swab. Most passengers in airports only go through magnetometers, which
detect metal rather than explosives.
Abdulmutallab was treated for burns and was released Sunday to a prison
50 miles outside of Detroit.
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Has anyone ever seen Janet Napolitano and Larry Sinclair in the same
room....at the same time??? Hmmmmmmm......
Geo
<Wi...@IntheWhiteHouse.com> wrote:
> Janet Napolitano was for "the system" before she was against it....
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> Now she admits that the Obama administration and Obama's system failed
> to prevent a muslim terror attack - the 2nd in months in America.
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> Meanwhile, Obama is *still* working on page 4 of the sequel to "My Pet
> Goat" as he's partying in Oahu and hiding from the terrorism that his
> weak policies have once again allowed to occur in America.
>
> Obama is soft on terrorism....and now holiday travelers worldwide are
> paying the price....
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It wasn't a total failure. They did seize a 5 oz container of shaving
cream from me two weeks ago in DC. So, we were all safer for that.
> http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/12/28/napolitano-acknowledges-se...
Sid9
"Wimpy in the White House" <Wi...@IntheWhiteHouse.com> wrote in message
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Total nonsense.
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1-20-2013
So you think it's totally Ok for Napolitano to claim that the "system
worked" yesterday as Obama patted himself on the back while hiding out
in Hawaii....yet today Napolitano claims that the "system failed"????
I guess that any moment now we can expect your Messiah to make a
statement that "they underestimated the terror issue that the previous
administration left them with and this is *unprecendented* (Obama's
favorite word, again)".
Regardless, Obama's softness on terrorism will lead to even more
security delays at airports worldwide now. Heckuva job Obama....
Sueki Tartridge
> "Wimpy in the White House" <Wi...@IntheWhiteHouse.com> wrote in messagenews:LNqdnYecovRVRqXW...@rcn.net...
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> > Now she admits that the Obama administration and Obama's system failed to
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> > Meanwhile, Obama is *still* working on page 4 of the sequel to "My Pet
> > Goat" as he's partying in Oahu and hiding from the terrorism that his weak
> > policies have once again allowed to occur in America.
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> > Obama is soft on terrorism....and now holiday travelers worldwide are
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How did the Nigerian jihadist #1: get on a commercial flight by paying
CASH for his ticket #2: How did the jihadist board a commercial
flight with NO LUGGAGE?? #3: Since the jihadist was on an
international "watch list" how did he get a VISA?? 4: Homeland
security was warned by the jihadist's father that his son was a
radicalised muslim and was subject to attempt a terrorist attack so
why was he ALLOWED on a commercial flight?? #5: How much did Obama
know and when did he know it???
1-20-2013
Obama wants to invite the Nigerian jihadist out to Hawaii so they can
have a Coke and a smile together, while listening to peaceful John
Lennon tunes.
Obama is convinced that the young fella is simply misunderstood and that
if Mr. Obama can just do some more apologizing to him on behalf of all
bad Americans anywhere....the Nigerian jihadist will "like us" then.
The Messiah is pretty pissed off at the passengers aboard the Detroit
bound Delta flight for "acting stupidly" as they kicked the crap out of
the Nigerian terrorist, er - uh, "man-made disaster maker". He is
looking to see if those passengers can be prosecuted for assault and
battery on the poor, Nigerian, "man-made disaster maker".
bvallely
> How did the Nigerian jihadist #1: get on a commercial flight by paying
> CASH for his ticket #2: How did the jihadist board a commercial
> flight with NO LUGGAGE?? #3: Since the jihadist was on an
> international "watch list" how did he get a VISA?? 4: Homeland
> security was warned by the jihadist's father that his son was a
> radicalised muslim and was subject to attempt a terrorist attack so
> why was he ALLOWED on a commercial flight?? #5: How much did Obama
> know and when did he know it???
How is it that a Major in the US Army, who OPENLY STATED that he
viewed the US as the enemy and supported suicide bombings, was allowed
to continue to serve in the US military?
Considering the events of the past few months, why is it a good idea
to have the Gitmo trials in Manhattan?
buzz
Shhhhhhhhh, it isn't terrorism, it is "man caused disaster".
Barack Hussein Obmam...mmm mmm mmm
Send HIM to Pakistan to fight Osama...mmm mmm mmm
Simple-minded lying dummycrats (the party that birthed the KKK) and
liberals...morons electing morons.
1-20-2013
Barack Hussein Obama: Mmmmmm, Mmmmmmm, uuuuMmmmmmmmm
Can you say "one
1-20-2013
Can you say "one term"???
Sueki Tartridge
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The only thing keeping Obama alive is Joe Biden.
John Q Public
Bidens alive, I thought he was a talking doll as sentient life couldn't
be so dumb!
tenjets
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Wow - this thread is a special moronfest!
Sueki Tartridge
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Welcome.
tenjets
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Just looking in, not joining you nuts.
Sueki Tartridge
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Are you telling us Biden didn't say "Obama is too inexperienced to be
POTUS and the job of POTUS is NOT an OJT type job",unquote??
tenjets
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Sueki, dear, all of a sudden you shift out of moron speed into just
plain dumb. Why do you bring up old campaign jabs? What's the point.
President Obama is still president and Vice President Biden is still
vice president. I'm still waiting for any of you lumberheads to
explain how republicans lost their majority after only 3 congressional
terms. Was it monumental incompetence, sheer lust for power (see K
Street Project) or blind adherence to ideology, or all of above?
Eddie Haskell
"tenjets" <spameis...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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The financial crisis brought on by the left's PC, coupled with 8 years of
lies, smears and character assassination emanating from the MSM / DNC cabal.
Now, what's driving Hussein and the democrats numbers into the shitter since
you don't have such a fascist machine arrayed against you?
Answer: Reality - a simple reality that is dawning on people that would have
never voted for Hussein and the democrats if the MSM had done it's job.
Glad I could help.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lr1M1T2Y314
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MGT_cSi7Rs
"In 1992, Congress mandated that Fannie and Freddie increase their purchases
of mortgages for low-income and medium-income borrowers. Operating under
that requirement, Fannie Mae, in particular, has been aggressive and
creative in stimulating minority gains."
"The two companies are now required to devote 42% of their portfolios to
loans for low- and moderate-income borrowers"
"Although Fannie Mae actually has exceeded its target since 1994, it is
resisting any hike. It argues that a higher target would only produce more
loan defaults by pressuring banks to accept unsafe borrowers."
http://articles.latimes.com/1999/may/31/news/mn-42807
"The Bush administration today recommended the most significant regulatory
overhaul in the housing finance industry since the savings and loan crisis a
decade ago."
"Under the plan, disclosed at a Congressional hearing today, a new agency
would be created within the Treasury Department to assume supervision of
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the government-sponsored companies that are the
two largest players in the mortgage lending industry."
"McCain Letter Demanded 2006 Action on Fannie and Freddie"
"Sen. John McCain's 2006 demand for regulatory action on Fannie Mae and
Freddie Mac could have prevented current financial crisis, as HUMAN EVENTS
learned from the letter shown in full text below."
http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=28973
Unlike Bush and McCain, as senator, Obama did nothing, other than earn the
distinction of becoming the second largest recipient of F&F contributions in
the entire congress, even in his short stint there.
Bill Clinton himself said it best:
"I think the responsibility the Democrats have may rest more in resisting
any efforts by Republicans in the Congress or by me when I was President to
put some standards and tighten up a little on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac."
-Bill Clinton
''These two entities -- Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac -- are not facing any
kind of financial crisis,'' said Representative Barney Frank of
Massachusetts, the ranking Democrat on the Financial Services Committee.
''The more people exaggerate these problems, the more pressure there is on
these companies, the less we will see in terms of affordable housing.''
-Eddie Haskell
Sueki Tartridge
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I'm still waiting for you to tell us that Biden didn't say your
Messiah is too inexperienced to be POTUS.
tenjets
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Didn't say he didn't - you're less than dumb today.....oatmeal for
brains?