President Obama 'rues' the intelligence failure that lead to the (almost) bombing of a NWFlight from Amsterdam to Detroit on Christmas Day.
First of all: 'rues'? Seriously?
Second of all: We need massive reform of our intelligence community in this country. The first thing we should have done after 9/11- in fact on September 12th, 2001 is pass a bill telling the young peeps of America that if they learn Farsi, Arabic or any other language we need, pass a fluency test and agree to work for the government for a minimum of four years (or more)- they get their college paid for.
Recruiting actual agents is key- fancy toys won't do it- we need butts in seats, so to speak.
Third of all: The creation of a domestic intelligence agency charged solely with counter-terrorism and counter-espionage (a la MI-5) would be worth looking at. Whether that means bulking up and consolidating resources in the FBI or a whole new agency, I don't know.
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