Legal Commentary

Obama: "Systemic Failure" Led To Alleged Terrorist Slipping Through

By Big Tent Democrat

NYTimes:

President Obama on Tuesday blamed a “systemic failure” in the nation’s security apparatus for the attempted bombing of a passenger jet on Christmas Day and vowed to identify the problems and “deal with them immediately.” [. . .] Mr. Obama said a preliminary assessment already has made clear that there was a breakdown in the intelligence review system that did not properly identify the suspect as a dangerous extremist who should have been prevented from flying to the United States.

“A systemic failure has occurred and I consider that totally unacceptable,” Mr. Obama told reporters [. . .] The president said he has ordered government agencies to report back to him on Thursday about what happened and said he would “insist on accountability at every level,” although he did not elaborate.

The President's words are welcome.

Speaking for me only

Full post as published by TalkLeft on December 29, 2009 (boomark / email).