After a decade of self-delusion and self-indulgence, we must stop deceiving ourselves. As Hurricane Katrina demonstrated, the “can-do” nation that won World War II in Europe and the Pacific in less than four years, that put a man on the moon in the same decade JFK said we would, is history.

We have a government that cannot balance its books, defend its borders or win its wars. And what is it now doing? Drafting another entitlement program as we are informed that the Social Security and Medicare trust funds have unfunded liabilities in the trillions.

At the end of the first decade of the 21st century, the question is not whether we will preside over the creation of a New World Order, but whether America’s decline is irreversible.

via A Decade of Self-Delusion – HUMAN EVENTS.

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The Council of American-Islamic Relations, known as CAIR, said that these measures amount to religious profiling because so many people from these countries are Muslim.

“Under these new guidelines, almost every American Muslim who travels to see family or friends or goes on pilgrimage to Mecca will automatically be singled out for special security checks — that’s profiling,” said Nihad Awad, CAIR’s national executive director.

The TSA said it does not profile.

via Obama to meet security team; watch lists grow – Airliner security- msnbc.com.

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Starting Monday airline travelers coming to the U.S. from 14 countries face tougher rules.

The nations are, Afghanistan, Algeria, Cuba, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Libya, Nigeria, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen.

The Transportation Security Administration said these countries are considered to be “countries of interest.”

As a result, airline passengers can expect full body pat-downs, carry-on bag searches, and explosive detection technology.

A private security guard was disciplined Monday following Sunday night’s security breach and mass passenger re-screening. It was an ordeal that began at 5:30 on Sunday night when someone went into a terminal through an exit.

The massive backup stretched on past midnight with a residual hangover that dragged into the new day.

via Officials Point Finger At TSA In Newark Breach – wcbstv.com.

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The U.S. and the U.K. formally closed their embassies in Yemen, because of a lack of faith in the government of Yemen’s ability to keep the embassies safe from terrorist attacks. But the U.S. government still intends to return six Yemeni terrorists currently detained at Guantanamo Bay, stating its faith in the Yemeni government’s capability to keep them in Yemeni prisons. Which is it? Do we have faith in “our partners” in Yemen, or don’t we?

At least a dozen former Guantánamo Bay inmates have rejoined al-Qaeda to fight in Yemen, The Times has learnt, amid growing concern over the ability of the country’s Government to accept almost 100 more former inmates from the detention centre.The Obama Administration promised to close the Guantánamo facility by January 22, a deadline that it will be unable to meet. The 91 Yemeni prisoners in Guantánamo make up the largest national contingent among the 198 being held.Six prisoners were returned to Yemen last month. After the Christmas Day bomb plot in Detroit, US officials are increasingly concerned that the country is becoming a hot-bed of terrorism. Eleven of the former inmates known to have rejoined al-Qaeda in Yemen were born in Saudi Arabia. The organisation merged its Saudi and Yemeni offshoots last year.The country’s mountainous terrain, poverty and lawless tribal society make it, in the opinion of many analysts, a close match for Afghanistan as a new terrorist haven.

via Freed Guantánamo inmates are heading for Yemen to join al-Qaeda fight – Times Online.

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