President Obama has developed a penchant for blaming others for, well, just about anything that doesn’t go well.  Every time something goes wrong (a pretty frequent occurrence), it’s always someone else at fault.  Either that, or he makes snap judgments without having the full story, usually in an effort to either deflect responsibility or make someone of the opposition look bad.

Now, the vapid Commander-in-Chief is jumping out and saying the intelligence community failed in gathering information regarding the attempted bombing of a Northwest Airlines jet over Detroit on Christmas Day.  He made this allegation a day before preliminary results of an investigation he ordered on the incident.

Based on available accounts, there was no failure in gathering information on the intended bombing.  The intelligence was there – courtesy of the National Security Agency:

In the case of Mr. Abdulmutallab, the N.S.A. appears to have captured critical intercepts, and [Abdulmutallab's] father provided the name that would have allowed American agencies to take action.

There is concern that the National Counter Terrorism Center (NCTC) may not have effectively collated the information and brokered it as it is supposed to. But I can say from experience that what is available to the public about intelligence gathering, analysis and dissemination – particularly negatives and especially immediately after an “incident” – is never accurate.

It will take a while to determine what – if anything – went wrong with the intelligence system.  If there was negligence, no one will be more determined to correct the problem than those intelligence professionals responsible for protecting us.

But …

Ain’t it grand that this president is so willing to be “transparent” about problems with national security, but considerably more opaque when it comes to other issues of prominence?

Barack Obama should shut his yap about perceived intelligence “failures” at this point in the review.  He should show leadership [I'll pause to allow you to finish chuckling .........................] and not discuss real or imagined national security weaknesses.  This man is so paranoid about negative reactions to his administration he will throw any and every one under the trash truck to protect his image.  I’m surprised he didn’t say the NCTC “acted stupidly.”

It’s all about Barack.  Remember when critics howled when George W. Bush said, regarding the war against terrorism, “You’re either with us or against us?”  With this president, you’re either with HIM or against HIM.  There is no US with Barack Obama.