(H/T HotAir)
Yeah, Where the hell were you on Christmas Eve? 🙄
An aside, This agency, National Counterterrorism Center, was slated for budget cuts, before this little incident happened:
The highly touted intelligence fusion center at the heart of the nation’s counterterrorism establishment was preparing for deep budget cuts across 2010, senior intelligence officials said. According to one official, who asked not to be identified because intelligence budget matters are classified, the administration and Congress slashed the budget for the National Counterterrorism Center by at least $25 million. Those affected, the official said, included employees responsible for maintaining the Terrorist Identities Datamart Environment (TIDE) system, which contains the list of about 550,000 known or suspected terrorists…
“Without question, recent events will cause those proposals to be re-considered,” an intelligence official said.
As I wrote before, “Government Incompetence? Yes, We haz it!” 🙄