{"id":1366,"date":"2009-12-27T11:50:33","date_gmt":"2009-12-27T15:50:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.urbin.net\/blog\/?p=1366"},"modified":"2009-12-27T11:50:33","modified_gmt":"2009-12-27T15:50:33","slug":"alert-citizens-work-better-than-government-bureaucracy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/urbin.net\/blog\/global-war-on-islamofascism\/alert-citizens-work-better-than-government-bureaucracy\/","title":{"rendered":"Alert Citizens work better than government bureaucracy"},"content":{"rendered":"

An al-Qaida operative tried to ignite an explosive device on a flight from Amsterdam to Detroit<\/a>. Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab was know to have terrorist ties, and managed to walk through the security system at a major European airport with an explosive device<\/a>.<\/p>\n

When Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, a Nigerian native and a Muslim, attempted to ignite the device, it was the passengers who noticed that something was wrong, and did something about it.<\/p>\n

Mark Steyn nails it<\/a>:<\/p>\n

On September 11th 2001, the government\u2019s (1970s) security procedures all failed, and the only good news of the day came from self-reliant citizens (on Flight 93) using their own wits and a willingness to act.<\/p>\n

On December 25th 2009, the government\u2019s (post-9\/11) security procedures all failed, and the only good news came once again from alert individuals.<\/p>\n

While our Dear Leader<\/em> and the democrats<\/a> may have forgotten 9\/11, the American people have not.<\/p>\n

Update<\/strong>: Our <\/a>Dear Leader<\/a><\/em>‘s DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano was out quickly to provide the Obama administration spin on this foiled terrorist attack<\/a>. \u00a0Ms. Napolitano’s response shows that she is either a bold faced liar or\u00a0dangerously incompetent. \u00a0Neither one of those options are good for America.<\/p>\n

DHS Secretary Napolitano kept repeating the the administration’s spin, “the system worked.” \u00a0As I pointed out, that obviously is not the case. \u00a0Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab was know to have terrorist ties, and managed to walk through the security system at a major European airport\u00a0with an explosive device<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Ms Malkin points out:<\/p>\n

If the \u201csystem\u201d had \u201cworked,\u201d the U.S. consular officials who granted Abdul Farouk Abdulmutallab a short-term visa last June would have revoked it immediately upon being\u00a0informed by his father<\/a> that he was a Muslim radical with al Qaeda ties.<\/p>\n

If the \u201csystem\u201d had \u201cworked,\u201d U.S. consular officials would have never granted Abdulmutallab \u2014 a rootless, young, single male \u2014 a visa in the first place in compliance with\u00a0State Department visa regulation 214(b):<\/a><\/p>\n

…<\/p>\n

If the \u201csystem\u201d had \u201cworked,\u201d Abdulmutallab would have been barred from the U.S. like he had been\u00a0barred from Britain.<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Epic Fail for Napolitano.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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