Napolitano: We’re working “364 days a year” to fight terror

A nuanced treat from the same tough-minded security czar who looked upon the near-destruction of Flight 253 and declared, “The system worked.” In fact, now that I think of it, didn’t the Flight 253 plot go down last year on Christmas Day? Well, then, there’s your answer to why DHS missed so many red flags at the time: They had Christmas off.

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Clip via Mediate, which finds the silver lining here: “Napolitano didn’t specify which day was the Homeland Security ‘off day,’ which of course helps to keep our terrorist enemies off guard.”

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