Declaring that “the buck stops with me,” President Obama on Thursday released the results of an internal investigation into the Christmas Day airline bombing attempt and ordered a series of incremental measures meant to close gaps in the U.S. intelligence system that failed to detect it in advance.The president avoided blaming any particular agency or [...]
When Security Trumps Common Sense – by Dennis Prager
January 6, 2010 By 23 Comments
I am not prepared to obey rules that hurt the innocent while doing nothing to prevent terrorism.
U.S. tightens international air security – POLITICO.com
January 4, 2010 By Leave a Comment
All travelers flying into the U.S. from foreign countries will receive tightened random screening, and 100 percent of passengers from 14 terrorism-prone countries will be patted down and have their carry-ons searched, the Obama administration notified airlines on Sunday.The more stringent Transportation Security Administration rules, to take effect at midnight, follow the attempted Christmas Day [...]
A Failed Anti-Terror Strategy – by Jamie Glazov
January 4, 2010 By 38 Comments
Nothing Obama is doing will make a recurrence of the terror attempt on Flight 253 any less likely.
The Terrorists’ Best Weapon: Intelligence Failures – by Ryan Mauro
January 4, 2010 By 20 Comments
Almost a decade after 9/11, information to stop al-Qaeda is still stalled.
Obama Takes Responsibility. Great, Now Who’ll be Fired?
December 30, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Breitbart reports that President Obama has finally taken responsibility for the security breaches that almost resulted in a terrorist attack on a flight from Amsterdam to Detroit.
“There was a mix of human and systemic failures that contributed to this potential catastrophic breach of security,” Obama said.
Although it’s great that he seems to be taking the [...]
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Willful Blindness – by Jamie Glazov
December 30, 2009 By 21 Comments
The Obama administration’s refusal to accept what’s causing Muslims to terrorize us.
What the Near-Tragedy in Detroit Revealed – by Daniel Pipes
December 28, 2009 By 43 Comments
Will America now open its eyes to the sad state of counterterrorism eight years after 9/11?
How Many Terror Attacks are Needed Before America Wakes Up?
December 26, 2009 By Leave a Comment
It was a strange coincidence. I was sitting here working on another blot post, Glenn Beck’s Fox show on in the background, being distracted by one of my political text fights with my “progressive” friend Pat Ray, aka “Clergyman P-Ray.”
(This happens all the time. Pat and I are always sending incendiary political provocations to one [...]
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Passengers help foil attack on Detroit-bound plane – AP
December 26, 2009 By 1 Comment
ROMULUS, Mich. – An attempted terrorist attack on a Christmas Day flight began with a pop and a puff of smoke — sending passengers scrambling to subdue a Nigerian man who claimed to be acting on orders from al-Qaida to blow up the airliner, officials and travelers said. The commotion began as Northwest Airlines Flight [...]
