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Administration Seems to Be Settling on Fall Guy for Christmas Bombing Lapse, and, Shocker of Shockers, It's a Bush AppointeePerfect! Give the illusion that corrective action is being taken, and blame Bush. But whatever you do, don't play politics with terror. Right? Rozen and Ambinder both see NCTC chief Michael Leiter being set up for a fall, which began with an odd, unsolicited statement from him to the press last week, and continues with a leak to the New York Daily News that he didn't return from vacation to manage the crisis. (That angle, obviously, is a slightly tricky one for the White House to use.) Because, of course, Obama didn't return either. Michael Leiter, director of the National Counterterrorism Center since 2007, decided not to return to his agency's "bat cave" nerve center in McLean, Va., until several days after Christmas, two U.S. officials said. Actually, this whole "he didn't interrupt his vacation" narrative isn't quite true. (Update: the NCTC says Leiter was there on Christmas, and took six days leave after -- and the White House is backing him up.) But it does seem he went on leave directly after the incident (or that is the word being leaked), and that's insufficient; people with positions of responsibility can't go on vacation when they're in a red-ball situation. That's just the way it is. I don't mind this guy being fired. I object to the Obama Administration attempting to sweep its own problems and its own failures under the carpet with a high-profile but mostly empty and worthless firing. I also am curious as to whether this guy stayed "in the loop" while outside DC -- as Captain Wonderful assures us he did.
More: Tapper: The story says that Leiter “remained on ski slopes” after Christmas, but Denis McDonough, National Security Staff Chief of Staff, refutes that, saying that “Leiter was -- throughout the events of December 25, 2009 -- indeed at the National Counterterrorism Center in McLean, Virginia, and intimately involved in all aspects of the nation’s response to the attempted terrorist attack -- to include coordinating intelligence, examining terrorist watch-listing, and briefing Members of Congress.” I get why he felt he had to go -- probably the only window for a while where he had custody of his child -- but still, job comes first. Seems the White House gave its blessing to the trip, though.
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