{"id":3129,"date":"2009-12-28T15:02:34","date_gmt":"2009-12-28T20:02:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/?p=3129"},"modified":"2009-12-28T15:06:16","modified_gmt":"2009-12-28T20:06:16","slug":"napolitano-backtracks-now-says-system-didnt-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2009\/12\/28\/napolitano-backtracks-now-says-system-didnt-work\/","title":{"rendered":"Napolitano Backtracks; Now Says System Didn&#8217;t Work"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Security of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/US\/2009\/12\/28\/Napolitano-backtracks-on-system-worked\/UPI-92361262019503\/\" target=\"_blank\">backtracking<\/a> on remarks she made over the weekend regarding the attempted bombing of Northwest Airline flight 253:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Napolitano, appearing Monday on NBC&#8217;s &#8220;Today Show,&#8221; explained comments she made Sunday regarding an incident in which a Nigerian man allegedly ignited an incendiary device aboard a U.S. jetliner on Christmas Day were &#8220;taken out of context.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>During a Sunday appearance on CNN&#8217;s &#8220;State of the Union,&#8221; Napolitano said &#8220;What we are focused on is making sure that the air environment remains safe, that people are confident when they travel. And one thing I&#8217;d like to point out is that the system worked.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><object id=\"msnbc82ae67\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"420\" height=\"245\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"FlashVars\" value=\"launch=34608370&amp;width=420&amp;height=245\" \/><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"opaque\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\/id\/32545640\" \/><param name=\"name\" value=\"msnbc82ae67\" \/><param name=\"flashvars\" value=\"launch=34608370&amp;width=420&amp;height=245\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; font-size: 11px; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #999999; margin-top: 5px; text-align: center; width: 420px;\">Visit msnbc.com for <a style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999 ! important; text-decoration: none ! important; font-weight: normal ! important; height: 13px; color: #5799db ! important;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\">breaking news<\/a>, <a style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999 ! important; text-decoration: none ! important; font-weight: normal ! important; height: 13px; color: #5799db ! important;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\/id\/3032507\">world news<\/a>, and <a style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999 ! important; text-decoration: none ! important; font-weight: normal ! important; height: 13px; color: #5799db ! important;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\/id\/3032072\">news about the economy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Out of context??? Nonsense, lets examine what she said on Sunday:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>What we are focused on is making sure that the air environment remains safe, that people are confident when they travel. And one thing I\u2019d like to point out is that the system worked. Everybody played an important role here. The passengers and crew of the flight took appropriate action.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Secretary Napolitano wasn\u2019t just talking just about other flights, she was also talking about Northwest 253&#8230; She may have misspoken, but she was most definitely not taken out of context. Bottom line, DHS&#8217;s incident response systems may have worked properly, but their passenger screening measures failed miserably in this case.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.examiner.com\/a-2391989~Al_Qaida_in_Yemen_claims_attack_on_US_airliner.html\" target=\"_blank\">Warning on Detroit suspect didn&#8217;t rise above the &#8216;noise&#8217;<\/a> &#8211; Washington Post<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/stories\/2009\/12\/28\/cbsnews_investigates\/main6029806.shtml\" target=\"_blank\">U.S. Failed to Catch Suspect&#8217;s Active Visa<\/a> &#8211; CBS News<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2009\/12\/28\/AR2009122800582.html?wprss=rss_world\" target=\"_blank\">Al-Qaida in Yemen claims attack on US airliner<\/a> &#8211; Examiner.com<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Security of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano is backtracking on remarks she made over the weekend regarding the attempted bombing of Northwest Airline flight 253: Napolitano, appearing Monday on NBC&#8217;s &#8220;Today Show,&#8221; explained comments she made Sunday regarding an incident in which a Nigerian man allegedly ignited an incendiary device aboard a U.S. jetliner on Christmas [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[7,193],"tags":[950,537,626],"class_list":{"0":"post-3129","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-politics","7":"category-war-on-terror","8":"tag-flight-253","9":"tag-janet-napolitano","10":"tag-terrorism","11":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pfpI7-Ot","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3119,"url":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2009\/12\/27\/janet-napolitano-the-system-worked\/","url_meta":{"origin":3129,"position":0},"title":"Janet Napolitano: &#8220;The System Worked&#8221;","author":"Jeff","date":"December 27, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"I've said it before and I'll say it again now: Janet Napolitano is an idiot who is completely unqualified for the position she holds. If anyone doubts the accuracy of that statement, her appearance on CNN's \"State of the Union\" today should remove any doubt: Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Politics&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Politics","link":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/category\/politics\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1779,"url":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2009\/03\/23\/janet-napolitano-this-weeks-biggest-idiot-in-washington\/","url_meta":{"origin":3129,"position":1},"title":"Janet Napolitano: This Week&#8217;s Biggest Idiot in Washington","author":"Jeff","date":"March 23, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"From Newsmax.com: The new term for terrorism being used by President Obama\u2019s secretary of Homeland Security would be comical if it were not so scary. 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