Janet Napolitano should never have appeared on the Sunday Morning interview shows because she was utterly unprepared. Her answers to questions from Jake Tapper, hosting This Week on ABC and David Gregory on Meet the Press were utterly stupid or perhaps the words to describe her response should be beyond logic. She said “the system worked” on both of those shows. Her statements that systems were under review were not reassuring at all. Her words were not believable.
Screening systems did not work. Terrorist watch lists did not work. What actually worked were passengers on the plane subduing the Nigerian terrorist.
Today she concedes that the aviation security system failed. Representative Peter King of New York was correct when he said Airport security “failed in every respect.”
Those crying about increased security at airports and on planes are in the same category as Ms. Napolitano. The systems will protect us. Ri-ight.
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