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Napolitano: "The system worked"
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Posted on 12/27/2009 6:40:13 AM PST by Sub-Driver

Napolitano: "The system worked"

DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano said that the thwarting of the attempt to blow up the Amsterdam-Detroit flight this week demonstrated that "the system worked."

Asked by CNN's Candy Crowley on "State of the Union" how that could be possible when the young Nigerian who sought to set off the bomb was able to smuggle explosive liquid onto the flight, Napolitano responded: "We're asking the same questions."

Napolitano added that there was "no suggestion that [the bomber] was improperly screened."


TOPICS: Breaking News; Government; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: bho44; bhodhs; bhogwot; defeat; democrats; epicfailure; firenapolitaneo; flight253; liberalism; liberals; miserablefailure; napoleonitano; napolitano; resignwitchresign; systemworked
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To: SE Mom

Baby Jesus Christmas present: Dutch hero!


101 posted on 12/27/2009 7:08:31 AM PST by Leo Carpathian (fffffFRrrreeeeepppeeee-ssed!)
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To: Red in Blue PA
Ya know, Red there was a time when I got quite a chuckle from the antics of these knuckle head left-wing moon bats. Not any more. They're just plain dangerous, and a warning sign that unless swiftly corrected, we will inevitably descend to Third-World status; just another banana republic ruled by an inept dictator and the “People's Committee for State Security.”
102 posted on 12/27/2009 7:08:31 AM PST by PowderMonkey (Will work for ammo.)
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To: Sub-Driver

GOD Please help us, those of us that love this country and go to sleep crying every night because these idiots are doing their level best to destroy it. . . . .


103 posted on 12/27/2009 7:08:50 AM PST by DeaconRed (Red is Positive, Black is Negative, Make sure nuts are wet. All we need to know about interrogation)
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To: Sub-Driver

OMG! Remove this worthless POS now!


104 posted on 12/27/2009 7:10:26 AM PST by mylife (The Roar Of the Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: maggief
“Susan Collins, Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Ranking Member)”

We're doomed!

Seriously, if she wants to get reelected, she better figure out what side she is on. It would be a good time to go after Obama’s admin and join the ranks of Republicans who can at least agree on protecting us from terrorism.

105 posted on 12/27/2009 7:11:43 AM PST by FR_addict
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To: Sub-Driver

the system really worked well

it identified the terrorist after the bomb failed to detonate

it arrested the terrorist after he was subdued by a passenger

it notified the POSident 3 hours after the threat had passed

it is now going to keep anyone flying from using their laptops to watch videos or amusements or work on presentations

it is going to confine passengers to their seats and prevent them from using a blanket to warm themselves if they are cold

it is going to prevent passengers from using the restroom without permission from mission control in Houston...maybe we will get catheters when we board

the system is working just fine

its goal is to make sure any terrorist can get on board an airplane by bribing an official at a 3rd world joke airport

and travel to the US without showing a passport

while being on a suspect list

having been warned months in advance of being considered dangerous by the people who should know ... the parents

yes, the system is working just fine.

the only way it could work any better is if Napolitano is kept constantly in flight strapped to her seat and refused to use the potty

that would help


106 posted on 12/27/2009 7:11:53 AM PST by kralcmot (my tagline died with Terri)
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To: Sub-Driver

107 posted on 12/27/2009 7:12:02 AM PST by My Favorite Headache
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To: Admin Moderator; All

Could we please move this to Breaking News?


108 posted on 12/27/2009 7:12:06 AM PST by Red in Blue PA (If guns cause crime, then all of mine are defective!)
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To: Sub-Driver

Stunningly stupid is all I can think!


109 posted on 12/27/2009 7:12:16 AM PST by ImpBill ("America ... where are you now?" signed, a little "r" republican!)
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To: All

I wonder how much of this had to do with that bozo releasing the PDF that contained the TSA screening techniques.


110 posted on 12/27/2009 7:13:10 AM PST by newnhdad (The longest of journeys begins with one step.)
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To: Sub-Driver

They only way the system worked was if the guy who took action were an air marshall, and I don’t think he was...


111 posted on 12/27/2009 7:13:57 AM PST by Jagman
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To: Red in Blue PA

You’re right. We need evereyone to see her latest stuoid statements.


112 posted on 12/27/2009 7:14:38 AM PST by FR_addict
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To: TomGuy

And why can someone with no passport get a visa.

http://www.mlive.com/news/detroit/index.ssf/2009/12/commenter_says_he_was_aboard_n.html


113 posted on 12/27/2009 7:15:25 AM PST by GILTN1stborn
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To: FR_addict
stupid statements
114 posted on 12/27/2009 7:15:29 AM PST by FR_addict
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To: Sub-Driver

I think it would be accurate to say that the “system worked.” It worked in the way that Obama and Napolitano intended it to work, at least.


115 posted on 12/27/2009 7:15:43 AM PST by Brilliant
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To: Sub-Driver

The system worked? That ignorant bull dike is going to get us all killed.


116 posted on 12/27/2009 7:15:43 AM PST by McGavin999
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To: FR_addict; All

This admin has made many stupid statements, but this one is quite a doozy!

Just goes to show how stupid they really think the voters are.


117 posted on 12/27/2009 7:15:52 AM PST by Red in Blue PA (If guns cause crime, then all of mine are defective!)
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To: henry_reardon
on behalf of the whole state of Arizona, I’d like to personally apologize to the rest of the nation for allowing this idiot the opportunity to ever hold public office.

However, we do not want her back!

118 posted on 12/27/2009 7:16:41 AM PST by SMM48
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To: FR_addict
I'm so mad, I can't spell. I promise I'll not bypass the spell checker, again.
119 posted on 12/27/2009 7:17:22 AM PST by FR_addict
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To: COUNTrecount
I think what she means was "the system didn't improperly violate the rights of or otherwise discriminate against the poor little terrorist"!

F*ckin unbelievable!!!

If this is true, she's more concerned about the rights of the terrorists than of U.S. citizens...right in line with Obama and Holder!

The system worked because it gave this terrorist a chance to kill us. It isn't Napolitano's problem that he was incompetent.

120 posted on 12/27/2009 7:17:25 AM PST by SonOfDarkSkies (Al Qaeda only hijacked commercial aircraft...Obama hijacked the White House!)
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