President Obama gets High Marks for handling Christmas incident

[Coyote]

No complaints from this conservative about how he handled it.

Immie

OK. How did he handle it?

He took 72 hours to initially respond, then did it in a golf shirt. Janet Napalitano, really Janet Incompetano, stated the system worked. Yeah, that's really handling things then we turn the jock strap bomber over to the civilian criminal justice system and allow him to lawyer up, instead of our FBI or CIA, who could have gotten names, numbers and addresses of people who are going to attack us later. Yeah, he handled it real well.

Don't you ever get tired of regurgitating Talking Points 101?

The pro's/con's: Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab Pleads Not Guilty in Attempted Plane Bombing - ABC News

"In the beginning a defense lawyer is probably going to tell their client not to talk until the defense lawyer knows what the case is about, but very often defense lawyers can be the instrument to bring about cooperation from their client which helps not only their client but also the government. That happens all the time," he said.

Former FBI agent and terrorism specialist Jack Cloonan agreed with Vinegrad.

"We've only had three military trials of terrorists, but since 9/11 we've had over 200 terrorists convicted in criminal court. We know this system has worked and been tested. Why roll the dice?" Cloonan told ABC News' Law and Justice Unit.

Those convictions include Richard Reid, the shoe bomber who tried to blow up a plane with explosives hidden in the soles of his shoes, and 9/11 plotter Zacarias Moussaoui.

Since he's only 23, Abdulmutallab may be willing to make a plea that would get him out of prison in about 20 years in exchange for information. "Once they cross that bridge, they can't shut up," said Cloonan.

 

[Coyote]

No complaints from this conservative about how he handled it.

Immie

OK. How did he handle it?

Obama handeled it by sending out Janet Incompetano to let us know that all security systems "worked".

In reality the only thing that worked for us is that the underware bombers explosive device "didn't" work---

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Kind of like the shoe bomber.

 

[Coyote]

What about 9/11?

Yes, Bush ignored the warnings of an attack, took the longest vacation in history and then went to Florida to read "My Pet Goat".

President Clinton had 3 clear shots at Osama Bin Lauden and did not take any of them. He is still losing sleep over those decisions.

That's been debunked. Perhaps you need a new set of talking points?

 

[driveby]

I just love Obama's way of "handling" it. Keep letting suspected terrorists on planes and keep hoping the bombs are duds. Fucking awesome .......

 

[Coyote]

Yes, Bush ignored the warnings of an attack, took the longest vacation in history and then went to Florida to read "My Pet Goat".

This has been argued ad nauseun multiple times, but here goes - there was no actionable intelligence - nothing specific enough to act on. The political climate at the time in the Congress and the public would not have supported any kind of pre-emptive actions based on such vague warnings. Look at all the crap that flew over Somalia and Bosnia. No one believed America would ever be attacked in that fashion. Add to that - 9/11 was in the planning for years - it didn't come into being spontaneously so if you have to blame Bush, well - blame Clinton too - it would be just as inaccurate. And, frankly - I think one of Bush's finest hours was in his handling of 9/11 and the aftermath. To bad he screwed it up by invading Iraq.

Wonder how many times this has to be explained?? I got it. You got it. Apparantly some just don't get it.

These are probably the same people who fill the ranks of Troofers and Birfers.

 

[Coyote]

He handled it? All I heard was more "it really isn't my fault".

Napalatano said we did great, he said there was a systemic failure.. that was all Bush's fault.

Bullshit.

You don't hear too well do you?