united states, how can you lecture us if you can t put your fiscal house in order. you are running deficit of trillion dollars. your debt as a percentage of g.d.p. is skyrocket together levels of the basket cases of europe like greece and spain. you, the united states, claim to be the world leader. there is something else here. that is not past i suspect the view of american people and certainly not past the view of leaders abroad. september 11th, our ambassador is killed. september 12th, president obama postpones his presidential daily brief, his meeting with intelligence officials in order to go to the state department. go to the state department, stand with the secretary of state, with the foreign service. he did not go back to white house and go back to the meeting and go back to the director of the c.i.a. and director. nsa and director of the state department military agencies, what do you know, instead he got
the rest of the world looks at united states, how can you lecture us if you can t put your fiscal house in order. you are running deficit of trillion dollars. your debt as a percentage of g.d.p. is skyrocket together levels of the basket cases of europe like greece and spain. you, the united states, claim to be the world leader. there is something else here. that is not past i suspect the view of american people and certainly not past the view of leaders abroad. september 11th, our ambassador is killed. september 12th, president obama postpones his presidential daily brief, his meeting with intelligence officials in order to go to the state department. go to the state department, stand with the secretary of state, with the foreign service. he did not go back to white house and go back to the meeting and go back to the director of the c.i.a. and director. nsa and director of the state department military agencies, what do you know, instead he got
stopped an ambitious al qaeda plot to blow up a passenger jet bound for the united states. a u.s. counter terrorism official tells cnn the explosive device is similar to the one used by the would-be underwear bomber. just like that bomb, there one did not contain metal, which raises real questions about whether it could have gotten passed airport security. as of yet, the person who had developed that bomb had not yet bought a ticket. here s defense secretary, leon panetta. what this incident makes clear is that this country has to continue to remain vigilant against those that would seek to attack this country and we will do everything necessary to keep america safe. fran townsend is cnn s national security contributor, a member of both the dhs and cia external advisory boards. chad sweet is a former dhs and cia official, also the cofounder of the chertoff group, a global security firm. good to see both of you. fran, i know you ve been reporting on this throughout the day
al qaeda plot to blow up a passenger jet bound for the united states. a u.s. counterterrorism official tells cnn the explosive device is similar to the one used by the would-be underwear bomber. you may recall that on christmas day 2009. just like that bomb, this one did not contain metal, which raises real questions about whether it could have gotten past airport security. as of yet, the person who had developed that bomb had not yet bought a ticket. here s defense secretary, leon panetta. what this incident makes clear is that this country has to continue to remain vigilant against those that would seek to attack this country and we will do everything necessary to keep america safe. fran townsend is cnn s national security contributor, a member of both the dhs and cia external advisory boards. chad sweet is a former dhs and cia official, also the cofounder of the chertoff group, a global security firm. good to see both of you. fran, i know you ve been reporting on this
coming in at this moment about how the cia stopped an ambitious al qaeda plot to blow up a passenger jet bound for the united states. a u.s. counterterrorism official tells cnn the explosive device is similar to the one used by the would-be underwear bomber. you may recall that on christmas day 2009. just like that bomb, this one did not contain metal, which raises real questions about whether it could have gotten past airport security. as of yet, the person who had developed that bomb had not yet bought a ticket. here s defense secretary, leon panetta. what this incident makes clear is that this country has to continue to remain vigilant against those that would seek to attack this country and we will do everything necessary to keep america safe. fran townsend is cnn s national security contributor, a member of both the dhs and cia external advisory boards. chad sweet is a former dhs and cia official, also the cofounder of the chertoff group, a global security firm. good