October 21, 2003

Misplaced Felonies

The 20-year old college student who planted box cutters in several airlines -- and emailed the federal government to warn of TSA's lack of preparedness -- has been charged with a felony. The federal prosecutor says it was a ''very serious and foolish action.'' But what is serious is that TSA hasn't made an inch of real progress in securing American airspace since 9-11 and that the authorities had Nate Heatwole's email for six weeks and did nothing about it. As Neal Cavuto observes for FoxNews:

TSA Deputy Administrator Steve McHale sniffed that "amateur testing of the system like this does not in any way assist us where there are flaws." Hey, Steve-o, wake up, will ya? A kid exposed you for what you are: pumped up, but hardly living up to your edict. Rather than condemning the kid, buy him a drink. In fact, buy him an outfit and hire him! He knows your weaknesses. And he knows how terrorists can know your weaknesses. And don't be so damn defensive. You botched it. Now get over it and please, deal with it.

Seems that the old political game of blame-shifting continues. Nothing new in Washington, despite the high-profile Bush Administration "War on Terrorism." Nate, you are a scapegoat!

 Posted by glenn

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