The Christmas Day Airliner Attack and the Intelligence Process (Stratfor)
“A process that says that in a war against radical Islamists, an elderly visitor from Iceland is as big of a potential threat as a twentysomething from Yemen might satisfy some ideological imperative, but it violates the principle of common sense and blocks the authority and the motivation to act decisively.”
“…given the level of effort and cost involved in terrorist protection throughout the world, successful systems for distributing intelligence and helping identify potentially significant threats are long overdue. The U.S. government has been tackling this since 2001, and it still isn’t working. But, in the end, creating a process that precludes initiative by penalizing those who do not follow procedures under all circumstances and intimidating those responsible for making quick decisions from risking a mistake is bound to fail.” -George Friedman, January 4, 2010
The Obama administration has worked diligently since taking office in January 2009 to undermine the Intelligence community both in tools and in morale. There is no limit to the number of surprises we will endure until removed from office. How could any FBI or CIA employee admire a buffoon like Janet Napolitano.