"Significant security lapses with Shahzad"

"The Pakistani-born U.S. citizen, charged Tuesday with terrorism and attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction in Saturday's failed bombing, was stopped before he could fly away. But there were at least two significant lapses in the security response of the government and the airline that allowed him to come close to making his escape, officials of the Department of Homeland Security, the FBI and other agencies said Tuesday.

First, an FBI surveillance team that had found Shahzad in Connecticut lost track of him — it is not clear for how long — before he drove to John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York, the officials said. As a result, investigators did not know he was planning to fly abroad until a final passenger list was sent to officials at the federal Customs and Border Protection agency minutes before takeoff.

In addition, Emirates Airline failed to act on an electronic message at midday Monday notifying all airlines to check the no-fly list for an important added name, the officials said." Full text:   Security lapses let suspect nearly escape

But at least Gibbs is revealing our security steps today.

How 'bout that competence?

Response to comment [from a Christian]:  "According the reports it's all Bush's fault."

Too bad they criticized Bush so much over Katrina. Kinda comes back to bite them.

Response to comment [from a Christian]:  "Doggone it!"

So who is "amateurish"? The attempted bomber or Janet Napolitano? He was able to infiltrate and execute his plan. Her job is protection.  If this is the system working, we're in big trouble.

How 'bout that competence? (Is there a man smilie for Napolitano)?

"Significant security lapses with Shahzad"