Obama Only Notified Three Hours After Incident
First the article read:
A White House official said the incident was an attempted act of terrorism. The FBI is investigating and President Obama, celebrating Christmas in Hawaii, was told of the incident about three hours after the plane landed, officials said.
Well, we can’t have Captain Wonderful being mocked like Bush was. So the new sentence:
The FBI is investigating the incident. President Obama, celebrating Christmas in Hawaii, was informed about it, a spokesman said, and he asked his aides to ensure that all measures are in place to provide security for air travel.
Geoff also notes the three hour gap that went missing in the WaPo piece also shows up in a Politico article:
White House spokesman Bill Burton said President Obama, on vacation in Hawaii, was informed of the incident about three hours after the plane landed.
He (Geoff) points out the possibility of multiple attacks, possibly requiring fast reaction. So why was the President allowed to snooze in Hawaii undisturbed?
I’m trying to not get too partisan about this, but it sure seems to me that this evidences a casualness about terrorist incidents that seems pretty dangerous.
TERRORIST THREAT LEVEL RAISED! All the way from “Don’t Worry, Be Happy” to “Hakuna Matada.”
didn’t people go nuts becuase Bush had 10 min’s in a school-room back on 9-11?
Its been! cover up already, “after all you can’t have a black guy from africa in a bad light, like Obama?
Only took Obama three days to respond. No reason for him or other national security advisors to disrupt their holiday.
I wonder how that stacks up against the response times to other incidents like this.
Well cut him some slack Sasha..Had he been reading to a group of 5 year olds, it would have been cause to run out of the room and scare the children rather than sit for 7 minutes..In this case, 4320 minutes seems reasonable
http://youtube.com/watch?v=HiyqvuTxaEs
That’s right, Pam. What was I thinking? According to Janet Napolitano, the system worked exactly as it should have.
Right down to not discovering Abdulmutallab was a threat until after the plane was in the air. “We’ll question him when the plane lands in Detroit,” was the thinking if the reports I’m hearing are true.
Actually the report said “We’ll question him if the plane lands in Detroit,”
Maybe we can ask Bush to come back if we all ask nice?
I heard someone on the radio today refer to Janet Napolitano as “Janet Incompetano”
I LMAOed!
This bunch in Washington is filled with crooks, incompetent hacks, and corrupt vermin. What a disgrace…
“That’s right, Pam. What was I thinking? According to Janet Napolitano, the system worked exactly as it should have.”
Om second thought, maybe technically she’s right after all. Because ever since Nobama took over, the attitude has been aloof about terror and the threats. What terror? What Jihad? Oh, you mean human-caused disasters? Overseas contingencies? The system did work as it now should…it didn’t do anything useful at all.
Isn’t that apprently what this bunch wanted?
Robert, they’re not even allowed to call them terrorists!
TERRORIST THREAT LEVEL RAISED! All the way from “Don’t Worry, Be Happy” to “Hakuna Matada.”
What’s the next threat level?
Oops! I did it again
Float On (a great song by Modest Mouse)
Que Sera Sera
If Reagan had just been a regular american with a Rotten brain he would have bankrupt Nancy Reagan. The cost of wiping his ass, feeding him, changing his diapers,brushing his teeth, washing him down, keep him from eating his own shit and locating him after he’d run outside naked would have cost thousands. But, since Reagan had Goverment insurance Nancy was able to keep her money and not go bankupt like most americans would have.
Deja vu…
Hey gotroops: You already posted that troll here. You need to keep better track.
Douchebag…