SUNDAY EVENING DECEMBER 27, 2009
As the government spokesman called him, 'the terror suspect' was on a list of people with potential terrorist connections for the last two years but somehow managed to elude the infamous 'no-fly' list for some reason. Does it mean this is one more reason that someone or some group of people, aside from our useless elected officials, that are employed in a particular government agency that has the initials DOHS doesn't view people of this ilk as potentially dangerous? Or does it mean that this is one more example why the FBI should have been expanded and allowed to handle these matters from the get go and this 'particular' agency should never have been formed to begin with.
It appears that the twenty three year old Nigerian terrorist Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab is the son of a Nigerian banker was not only on the list as a 'potential' but actually did have ties and was trained by al Qaeda which means he managed to fall through the cracks somewhere along the line. But, putting aside the facts that (1) he was a real terror suspect and (2) he managed to disappear for a month while he was in training for the big day and (3) he managed to waltz right on to an airplane destined for the United States brings me to my real question. Why hasn't the agency that is charged with protecting our country asked for every list that exists anywhere in the world and then make sure that no one on those lists, terrorist, potential terrorist, associate of terrorists, terrorist wannabee, Islamic extremist, terrorist sympathizer and on and on and you get the point, are ever allowed to travel on aircraft coming or going from the United States or anywhere in the world for that matter. These people should not be allowed in a hot air balloon let alone any type of aircraft that can potentially deliver them and their weapons of mass destruction to any destination, even a wrong destination.
Now the airlines are preforming another knee jerk reaction with the new 'no leaving your seat one hour before landing' rule, it seems that the brilliant thinkers missed the point that the next terrorist to try this will have an explosive device that may not require a trip to the bathroom to set it off. And again, none of this nonsense would be necessary if this inept individual was prohibited from flying in the first place. By the way, there's no excuse for not having access to lists compiled by intelligence agencies from around the globe, it's been eight years since 9/11, haven't the agencies responsible for our security learned anything.
MONDAY MORNING DECEMBER 28, 2009
I thought I had covered this story pretty well and even gave Janet Napolitano a break, call it Holiday softness, but then this morning she jumps right onto the excuse wagon, which by the way is parked right next to the turnip truck, if that's any indication as to how people are picked to head up government agencies. "Our system did not work in this instance" was the quote by Napoloitano on the 'Today show', and that's supposed to be that. The Obama administration says they are launching investigations into the two areas of aviation security where the failure took place, I hope one of them is the removal of the head of Homeland Security because this attack, it is not an attempt, was 100% avoidable.
On Sunday Ms. Napolitano said the system did work and then Today she did a slight backtrack, I'm sure after someone explained what had actually happened, and she said the part of the system that worked was the part where they notify other flights and law enforcement on the ground about the incident soon after it happened, I hope this excuse came from a speech writer and wasn't of her own making because if it was she' an idiot then she's an idiot.
So as things go the spin doctors are hard at work trying to diminish another serious breach of security under the watch of the Obama administration. The fault lies directly the three people at the top of the security pyramid and they are Barack Obama, Eric Holder and Janet Napolitano, these three are the people who who are completely responsible for the implementation of our security measures and any breakdown or deficiencies are their fault.
Well there's one good thing that came out of all of this, 44 and Buff Arms are safe in the warm Hawaii sun on another all expense taxpayer paid leg of the Obama world tour while terrorists make their incursions into our country and the economy languishes.
Thanks for reading,
"Terrorism can be defeated, and very simply just requires the harshest of consequences".
Christopher Baron
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