02/03/2010
https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu...
"There is Leon Panetta, the CIA chief. His agency debriefed the bomber's father. The question is, what happened to that intelligence after those briefings?"
"the system failed to stop the Christmas bomber."
"There's a question mark where the head of the TSA should be. Senator -- Senate Republican Jim DeMint of South Carolina holding up confirmation of the nominee, Erroll Southers, for months."
"So we have to do better, and we will do better, and we have to do it quickly. American lives are on the line."