{"id":1435,"date":"2010-01-20T11:32:07","date_gmt":"2010-01-20T16:32:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/planesafe.org\/?p=1435"},"modified":"2016-01-02T16:13:01","modified_gmt":"2016-01-02T21:13:01","slug":"further-examination-of-nw253","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/planesafe.org\/?p=1435","title":{"rendered":"Further Examination of NW253"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today and tomorrow on the Hill, there will be a few committee hearings so that legislators can better understand what went wrong leading up to the attempted bombing of NW253 on Christmas.\u00a0 They are (from GovExec):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee<\/strong> &#8211; Hearing [ 09:30 am, 01\/20\/2010 ]<br \/>\nFull committee hearing on &#8220;Intelligence Reform: The Lessons and Implications of the Christmas Day Attack,&#8221; focusing on the attempted bombing incident on Flight 253 to Detroit on December 25.<br \/>\nWitness(es): Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano; Director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair; and Michael Leiter, head of the National Counterterrorism Center, testify.\u00a0 <a title=\"Homeland Security Cmte Hearing\" href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/templates\/story\/story.php?storyId=122755185\" target=\"_self\">The chairman, Senator Joe Lieberman, spoke about this committee\u00a0hearing on NPR this morning<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Senate Judiciary Committee<\/strong> &#8211; Hearing [ 10:00 am, 01\/20\/2010 ]<br \/>\nFull committee hearing on &#8220;Securing America&#8217;s Safety: Improving the Effectiveness of Anti-Terrorism Tools and Inter-Agency Communication.&#8221;<br \/>\nWitness(es): Robert Mueller, director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation; Undersecretary of State for Management Patrick Kennedy; Assistant Homeland Security Secretary for Policy David Heyman, testify<\/li>\n<li><strong>Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee<\/strong> &#8211; Hearing [ 02:30 pm, 01\/20\/2010 ]<br \/>\nFull committee hearing on &#8220;The State of Aviation Security &#8211; Is Our Current System Capable of Meeting the Threat?&#8221; focusing on the attempted bombing incident on Flight 253 to Detroit on December 25.<br \/>\nWitness(es): TBA<\/li>\n<li><strong>Senate (Select) Intelligence Committee<\/strong> &#8211; Briefing [ 02:30 pm, 01\/21\/2010 ]<br \/>\nFull committee closed hearing on the attempted bombing incident on Flight 253 to Detroit on December 25.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We are proud that Rosemary Dillard was on the Hill today representing NADA\/F!<\/p>\n<p><strong>TSA Administrator<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Also, much attention was paid to the fact that there was no TSA Administrator in place when the attempted bombing of NW253 occurred.\u00a0 While Senator DeMint has opposed the nomination of Erroll Southers based on perceived differences of labor policy.\u00a0 It was actually\u00a0Southers&#8217; past abuse of power, in his position as chief of security with the LAX police, that caused wider\u00a0doubt as to his suitability for the job.\u00a0 <a title=\"Southers Withdraws\" href=\"http:\/\/www.govexec.com\/dailyfed\/0110\/012010cdam1.htm?rss=getoday&amp;oref=rss\" target=\"_self\">He has withdrawn himself from consideration <\/a>(via CongressDaily and GovExec).\u00a0 I have to say this is a good move, since these recent questions only prevented an efficient confirmation process.\u00a0 And, this position needs to be filled!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today and tomorrow on the Hill, there will be a few committee hearings so that legislators can better understand what went wrong leading up to the attempted bombing of NW253 on Christmas.\u00a0 They are (from GovExec): Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee &#8211; 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