20 January 2010 - 13:32“Déjà vu all over again… Intelligence Failures Leads to Congressional Hearings

I feel a great amount of frustration as I watch the evolution of the December 25th 2009 attempted terrorist attack event follow a course we have been down before. As Yogi Berra once said-”it’s déjà vu all over again”.

One cannot ignore the reaction similarities of this event compared to 9/11. The responses to both incidents are strikingly similar. To begin with, the attacks or attempted attack occurred. We then have a rush to respond. Air travel saw increases in security measures with secondary security checks at gates during 9/11, and the taking away of blankets and in-flight entertainment systems in the December event.

Next is the finger-pointing. Who knew what, when, who failed to connect the dots, and how a system failed us. In both cases, our leadership tells us it will never happen again.