[Gene Eric]

>> “vast bureaucracy gridlock in Washington that absolutely refuses to move, which is why this happened in the first place.”

First? How many U.S. planes have been nailed by terrorists?

[dis.kevin]

Ya Think...

[ab01]

The system is not “flawed”, it’s broken. Until we go back to profiling and using common sense, it cannot be fixed. Political correctness will destroy this country.

[OldDeckHand]

I see this quickly moving in the direction of "it's the airline's fault", in some way. This, of course, would be horrible.

Our mistake is that we don't screen people, we screen passengers and their baggage. El Al, on the other hand, screens people, and then they screen passengers and their baggage.

Anyone with half a brain would have been suspicious of this guy, had they just taken a moment to speak with him - he had questionable documentation, he paid for his ticket in cash, he had NO luggage, and I'd bet a month's salary he was acting squirrely. No one who has half-a-pound of high explosive strapped to their Johnson can do anything but act squirrely. To any screener who wasn't drunk or on drugs, this guy had to stand out like a stripper in church, IMHO.

[advance_copy]

The CIA knew about the guy as early as August and no one put him on the "no fly" list. That's not the airline's fault, and it's not TSA's fault.

[pioneerstakethearrows]

When Janet Napolitano claimed her “the systems worked” comment was referring to the systems AFTER the incident, she wasn’t truthful either. I have first-hand knowledge that many pilots in the air didn’t even hear about the incident over Detroit until they got back to their lay-over hotels. So much for her claim of alerting all 128 carriers, and on-going flights.

[oyez]

But there is this huge, vast bureaucracy gridlock in Washington that absolutely refuses to move

The present admin has mistakenly tried to politicize the War on Terror. Untill BHO sees the light, we're screwed.

[FrankR]

Well, they say "an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure", so by all means get that system working.

On the other hand, make a broadcast to the world that if any citizen of your [whichever country] country hijacks, pirates, damages or destroys any US conveyance, and/or if any America citizens are harmed, terrorized or traumatized in any way, we will immedately take out your capital city.

Each subseqent occurance will be another city taken out.

As for the individual perps themselves, let them they will be hanged, ground up and fed to the hogs.

A little silly and overboard perhaps, but in the end it's going to be the only thing these people understand. They're 5th century throwback fanatics of a singleminded purpose and mission. They cannot be reasoned with, they cannot be bribed with money...all they understand is "dead"...so we need to oblige them.

[rdl6989]

Get rid of Napolitano and start profiling. Don’t let anybody on international flights without passports.

[Seaplaner]

I'm not hearing much in the way of blame and outrage directed at the perp and his terrorist beliefs and goals from either Mister Obama or Ms. Napolitano.

They blame a faceless "system" but I have not heard that they assume any blame themselves.

And, my worry is that they will do what leftists always, always do to solve crises (real or imaginary.)

They will confiscate freedoms and wealth from U.S. citizens.

And, I also worry that the administration will show the terrorist enemy that we fear them, (which can invite and magnify terrorist attacks.)

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[unixfox]

This can't be true. They told us they would add a security "fee" to fix the problems.

I guess they need more money. Wait for an increase in that security "fee".

[FlingWingFlyer]

Get rid of political correctness and get back to profiling. If it looks like a terrorist and walks like it has a severe case of BOOM! jock itch, it’s probably a terrorist.

[Secret Agent Man]

One of the many reasons I don’t fly.

[blackminorca]

Great - lets put the feds in charge of our medical health too.