Stewart Baker identifies 11 possible points of failure.   (HT: IP)

Jonah Goldberg:

DHS had no role whatsoever in assuring that this bomb didn't go off.  By her logic if the bomb had gone off, the system would have “worked” since it [the DHS] has done everything right.

Rick Moran:

We apparantly have a psychotic liar working as Homeland Security Secretary.

Tom Elia:

I remember... Democratic political consultant Chris Kofinis summing up President Obama’s inaugural speech thusly: “I’m gonna tell you the truth,” and [characterizing it as] a rebuke of “the last eight years” -- of presumably “not telling us the truth.”

Napolitano’s comment doesn't quite live up to that spirit...

Rand Simberg:^[1]

Once again, airline passengers 1, Transportation Security Administration (TSA) 0.

And the response of the TSA?

To further punish the passengers, of course...

Politico:  Napolitano: “The system worked”

^[1] in a post with the incredible subhead: “When someone from Nigeria named Umar Farouk Abdul Mutallab is lighting his pants in the window seat, it’s pretty hard to be politically correct and avoid reality,”  written by somebody apparantly unfamiliar with our Enlightened Establishment.  Rest assured, when it comes to being politically correct and avoiding reality, they’ll manage to find a way.

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