[rbg81]

My guess is that the CIA operatives at the tip of the spear are worried about being prosecuted if they do something un-PC. As a result, they sit on their hands unless they get the right signals from above. Even then, they move cautiously to cover their butts.

[pnh102]

Last time I checked the CIA was not in charge of airport security in Amsterdam. What else could they have done? Kill the guy? With 0bama in charge? No one is going to take that risk.

[surfer]

From Audacity of Hope: ‘I will stand with the Muslims should the political winds shift in an ugly direction.’

[decimon]

Everything is now under Homeland Security. Does CIA have any autonomy? Who makes decisions to act or not?

[Blado]

This was apparently a lesbian-caused disaster.

[KarlInOhio]

The CIA has apparently known since November that a Nigerian terrorist was planning to blow up a plane on Christmas Day, but simply did nothing.

I have never, ever heard that they had this specific of intelligence. All I knew is that his father reported to the US embassy that his son had become a Koran-thumping whack job, not that there was a specific date that he was planning to blow up an airplane.

[Broker]

Current conduct of US Gov employees reminds us the Carter era GAFFers. Short for Give A Flying F........

Knowing Obama and his minions; who wouldn't be a GAFFER?