Obama Administration Flip Flops on Airliner Security

Barely one day after proclaiming that the 'system worked', as regards U.S. airliner security, today the Obama Administration concedes that it did not.

"Our system did not work in this instance," she [Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano] said on NBC television's "TODAY" show. "No one is happy or satisfied with that. An extensive review is under way."

[Link]

Given that the system, in fact, failed, why was the Obama Administration so slow in reaching this fairly obvious conclusion? Why was a narrowly avoided terrorist attack ever an example of the system working?

Naturally, the President is never one to shy away from the cameras. In a press conference only moments ago, President Obama discussed this very topic.

After concluding his remarks, as he walked away from the podium, a lone voice bellowed above the horde of reporters, asking if the had system failed.

The President ignored the query.

America deserves better.