Star Parker


By calling these now "man caused disasters," she explained, we would "move away from the politics of fear toward a policy of being prepared for all risks that can occur."

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Putting Napolitano in charge of a department of 200,000 people and a $50 billion budget with a stated mission to "lead the unified national effort to secure the country and preserve our freedoms" was a "man caused disaster." And it is one that President Barack Obama should fix -- pronto.

His No. 1 priority to restore credibility in his administration's ability to protect Americans from terrorism should be replacement of Napolitano.

Her blundering performance on Sunday talk shows following the failed Christmas day terrorist attempt to blow up an American plane showed clearly that this isn't the person we want responsible for the security of our homeland.

It's much more than her incredible observation that "the system worked."

Napolitano told CNN's Candy Crowley, "The traveling public is very, very safe in this air environment."

This despite answering every one of Crowley's probing questions with "I don't know."

Are there Al-Qaeda ties? How could he have gotten past security and on the plane carrying an explosive? How could he fly to the U.S. when his own father -- a wealthy banker -- briefed our embassy officials about what he saw his son up to?

Crowley, astonished, asked the Secretary how she could possibly be reassuring Americans that they are safe when she seemed to know nothing about what happened.

"....if it was properly screened and he got on anyway with that, it doesn't feel that safe."

Napolitano: "Well, you know it should."

The same morning on NBC's "Meet the Press,'' David Gregory asked Napolitano if the amount of explosives the young man had was enough "to bring down the plane."

Her reply: "I think we're far from knowing that." This two days after the incident.

Star Parker
