re: #7 Racer X
The system failed miserably leading up to this incident.
The only reason there is not a team of FAA investigators cleaning up airplane debris on a farm somewhere is because the device itself failed to properly blow a hole in the plane.
For Napolitano to exclaim the system worked is akin to “mission accomplished”. Should she be fired? No.
Again — she said the system worked after the incident, and it did.