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Union contradicts Napolitano (Baghdad Butch lies on CNN)
POLITICO ^ | 12/30/2009 | matt negrin

Posted on 12/31/2009 8:53:07 AM PST by milwguy

The pilots’ union at American Airlines said Wednesday that the Transportation Security Administration didn’t warn flight crews appropriately during the terrorist attempt on a Northwest Airlines flight on Christmas, Dow Jones reports.

The union, the Allied Pilots Association, wrote to American Airlines that “some pilots were left out of the loop” when TSA told some airlines to notify only pilots on inbound transatlantic flights, Dow Jones said.

“The TSA should have mandated that information about this security event be passed on to all airborne flights,” the APA wrote.

The letter seems contradict Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano’s comments that the “system worked” in responding to the terrorism attempt. Clarifying her remarks that were criticized, she said on the “Today” show, “once the incident occurred, moving forward, we were immediately able to notify the 128 flights in the air of protective measures to take, immediately able to notify law enforcement on the ground, airports both domestically, internationally, all carriers, all of that happening within 60 to 90 minutes.”

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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: alpa; alqaeda; bhodhs; demlies; flight253; napolitano; obama
Napolitano is totally incompetent and needs to go. To trust the safety and security of the American people to her is unfathomable.

First she goes on CNN and says the 'system worked' in regards to the panty bomber. Then when she and her boss Barry realize how completely the system FAILED, they trot her out on Monday to say the 'system worked' after the 'system failed'.

Now we realize from the pilot's union, that the system failed BEFORE the attempted bombing, and AFTER the attempted bombing. To assume only international flights were at risk while this situation was unfolding is beyond stupid. We had no information EITHER way that more bombers were in the air, either on domestic flights or international flights. To notify only the pilots on int'l flights while not telling the pilots flying domestic routes is beyond stupid. Either tell all or tell none, especially when you do not have the facts.

Apparently Baghdad Butch still can't get her story straight, and the American people deserve much more.

1 posted on 12/31/2009 8:53:07 AM PST by milwguy
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She definitely needs to go. She outright lied about ongoing security in the wake of what happened on flight 523. The fact that bambi hasn’t fired her yet speaks volumes. He will let us all be killed before he admits he and his administratin screwed up.


2 posted on 12/31/2009 8:56:08 AM PST by jersey117
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Good thing I don’t have to fly anytime soon.


3 posted on 12/31/2009 9:01:39 AM PST by mainepatsfan
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I’m sure her statement was taken out of context.....cough.


4 posted on 12/31/2009 9:02:05 AM PST by Loyal Buckeye
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This is just a practise run for a “homeland” muzzie to blow up an intraflight, say from Detroit to Florida?


5 posted on 12/31/2009 9:09:29 AM PST by tillacum
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Is Napalitano incompetent? Certainly she is, but she is just the one taking the heat right now.

Obama’s whole administration is filled with incompetence.

He never looked for competence in his appointments. Gates apoears to be the only appointment he actually thought out and Gates is only there because Obama had no clue as to who else to put there.


6 posted on 12/31/2009 9:13:00 AM PST by Venturer
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Incompetence is one thing. This is wanton disregard for life for the sake of political expediency. This sort of dishonesty with the American public DESPITE all of the truths that come out later to disprove them only leads to disenchantment and anger from both sides of the political spectrum.

I feel for Obama in a way. He’s about to have his world taken down by his own people.


7 posted on 12/31/2009 9:20:58 AM PST by rarestia (It's time to water the Tree of Liberty.)
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In his Monday statement, President Obama also tried to take credit for notifying the flights still in the air of the possible threat. Of course that was quite a trick since Obama himself wasn’t notified until three hours after the flight finally landed.


8 posted on 12/31/2009 9:23:15 AM PST by Hoodat (For the weapons of our warfare are mighty in God for pulling down strongholds.)
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anyone wonder if the guy was successful would Obama would ave left Hawaii
9 posted on 12/31/2009 9:24:41 AM PST by scooby321
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Barry Half-White crooning Marxist rhetoric...
a Marxist Butch posturing feminine testosterone..
Aunt Esther Obama forced to waddle in the White House of the great Satan...

That could be a successful sit-com..

10 posted on 12/31/2009 9:32:15 AM PST by hosepipe (This propaganda has been edited to include some fully orbed hyperbole....)
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11 posted on 12/31/2009 9:33:59 AM PST by paulycy (Less safe. Less free. More broke.)
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Do you personally know that Janet N. is a butch? Her fetching haircut seems to belie that rumor! All I can say is that Janet Napolitano is no more a lesbian than Hillary Clinton! Bob


12 posted on 12/31/2009 12:45:58 PM PST by alstewartfan (I)
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I do have a friend in gov’t in Arizona and he provided me with a little ‘inside’ info on our Ms. Napolitano....


13 posted on 12/31/2009 1:41:55 PM PST by milwguy
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Oh, I believe you; I’d be stunned if that haircut “fetched” anything but other “wymyn”. Such as Hillary, before Sarah Palin’s proud feminine style caused her to grow her own dykey-do’. Bob


14 posted on 12/31/2009 3:36:48 PM PST by alstewartfan (I)
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