re: #32 Mournie

Clearly there were missed signs and opportunities to pull this guy off the flight. His own father reported his fear that his son was ‘radicalized’. In the wake of those things Napolitano isn’t reassuring with her happy talk and then a recant. The day could have very well turned out much differently if it wasn’t for the luck of a failed explosive and a Dutch passenger. I’d say its a wake up call and should be addressed as such.

His father reported him because he thought his son might become dangerous — not because he had any evidence of a specific plot. The son’s name went on a very long list of potential suspects, and there was nothing to indicate he was any more likely to be involved in an imminent plot than any of the other people on the list.

It’s just not possible to investigate every single person who’s reported as a potential danger, obviously. I don’t think it’s right — or productive — to blame DHS for “missing” Abdulmutallab.