Homeland_NN1 insecurity_NN1 :_: Secretary_NP1 Janet_NP1 Napolitano_NP1 just_RR does_VDZ n't_XX get_VVI it_PPH1 Behind_II the_AT curve_NN1 is_VBZ where_RRQ the_AT United_NP1 States_NP1 '_GE homeland_NN1 security_NN1 secretary_NN1 should_VM never_RR be_VBI standing_VVG ._. 
Yet_RR way_NN1 behind_II the_AT curve_NN1 is_VBZ exactly_RR where_CS Janet_NP1 Napolitano_NP1 appears_VVZ to_TO be_VBI rooted_VVN ._. 
Americans_NN2 by_II the_AT millions_NNO2 had_VHD only_RR to_II glance_NN1 at_II the_AT unfolding_JJ details_NN2 in_II the_AT case_NN1 of_IO Umar_NP1 Farouk_NP1 Abdulmutallab_NP1 to_TO know_VVI that_CST the_AT lights_NN2 were_VBDR flashing_VVG red_NN1 around_II the_AT would-be_JJ airliner_NN1 bomber_NN1 when_CS he_PPHS1 boarded_VVD Northwest_ND1 Flight_NN1 253_MC ._. 
And_CC those_DD2 millions_NNO2 surely_RR spat_VVD their_APPGE breakfasts_NN2 when_RRQ Napolitano_NP1 ,_, appearing_VVG on_II Sunday_NPD1 talk_VV0 shows_NN2 ,_, glossed_VVN over_II the_AT facts_NN2 that_CST Abdulmutallab_NP1 's_GE kin_NN had_VHD warned_VVN the_AT U.S._NP1 Embassy_NN1 in_II Nigeria_NP1 that_CST he_PPHS1 was_VBDZ a_AT1 terrorist_NN1 in_II the_AT making_NN1 ,_, that_CST he_PPHS1 had_VHD paid_VVN cash_NN1 for_IF a_AT1 one-way_JJ ticket_NN1 and_CC that_CST Britain_NP1 had_VHD denied_VVN Abdulmutallab_NP1 entry_NN1 because_CS he_PPHS1 had_VHD listed_VVN plans_NN2 to_TO study_VVI at_II a_AT1 bogus_JJ school_NN1 ._. 
What_DDQ Napolitano_NP1 wanted_VVD Americans_NN2 to_TO accept_VVI and_CC be_VBI grateful_JJ for_IF --_NN1 what_DDQ she_PPHS1 declared_VVD was_VBDZ "_" the_AT important_JJ thing_NN1 here_RL to_TO recognize_VVI "_" --_NN1 was_VBDZ that_DD1 ,_, after_CS Abdulmutallab_NP1 had_VHD boarded_VVN the_AT jet_NN1 with_IW explosives_NN2 and_CC nearly_RR detonated_VVD them_PPHO2 ,_, "_" everything_PN1 happened_VVD that_CST should_VM have_VHI ._. "_" 
Said_VVD the_AT secretary_NN1 :_: "_" So_RR the_AT system_NN1 has_VHZ worked_VVN really_RR very_RG ,_, very_RG smoothly_RR over_II the_AT course_NN1 of_IO the_AT past_JJ several_DA2 days_NNT2 ._. "_" 
Said_VVD the_AT secretary_NN1 :_: "_" Now_RT once_RR this_DD1 incident_NN1 occurred_VVD ,_, everything_PN1 went_VVD according_II21 to_II22 clockwork_NN1 ._. "_" 
And_CC ,_, if_CS Abdulmutallab_NP1 had_VHD succeeded_VVN in_II killing_VVG the_AT 289_MC people_NN onboard_NN1 ,_, presumably_RR Napolitano_NP1 would_VM have_VHI cited_VVN how_RGQ well_JJ emergency_NN1 responders_NN2 labored_VVD in_II recovering_VVG the_AT dead_JJ ._. 
She_PPHS1 went_VVD on_RP to_TO say_VVI there_EX was_VBDZ no_AT indication_NN1 Abdulmutallab_NP1 was_VBDZ part_NN1 of_IO a_AT1 larger_JJR terror_NN1 plot_NN1 ._. 
Except_CS he_PPHS1 confessed_VVD to_II being_VBG an_AT1 Al_NP1 Qaeda_NP1 foot_NN1 soldier_NN1 ._. 
Except_CS a_AT1 group_NN1 called_VVN Al_NP1 Qaeda_NP1 in_II the_AT Arabian_JJ Peninsula_NN1 happily_RR claimed_VVN responsibility_NN1 ._. 
The_AT secretary_NN1 's_GE uneasy_JJ grasp_NN1 was_VBDZ of_IO a_AT1 piece_NN1 with_IW the_AT confidence-sapping_JJ jargon_NN1 she_PPHS1 delivered_VVD in_II July_NPM1 in_II her_APPGE first_MD national-security_JJ address_NN1 :_: ._. 
"_" I_PPIS1 will_VM speak_VVI candidly_RR about_II the_AT urgent_JJ need_NN1 to_II refocus_NN1 our_APPGE counterterror_NN1 approach_NN1 to_TO make_VVI it_PPH1 a_AT1 shared_JJ endeavor_NN1 --_NN1 to_TO make_VVI it_PPH1 more_RGR layered_JJ ,_, networked_JJ and_CC resilient_JJ --_NN1 to_TO make_VVI it_PPH1 smarter_JJR and_CC more_RGR adaptive_JJ and_CC to_TO make_VVI sure_JJ that_CST as_II a_AT1 country_NN1 --_NN1 as_II a_AT1 nation_NN1 --_NN1 we_PPIS2 are_VBR at_II the_AT point_NN1 where_RRQ we_PPIS2 are_VBR in_II a_AT1 constant_JJ state_NN1 of_IO preparedness_NN1 and_CC not_XX a_AT1 state_NN1 of_IO fear_NN1 ._. 
"_" The_AT challenge_NN1 is_VBZ not_XX just_RR using_VVG federal_JJ power_NN1 to_TO protect_VVI the_AT country_NN1 ,_, but_CCB also_RR enlisting_VVG a_AT1 much_RR broader_JJR societal_JJ response_NN1 to_II the_AT threats_NN2 that_CST terrorism_NN1 poses_VVZ ._. "_" 
Whatever_DDQV Napolitano_NP1 meant_VVD ,_, the_AT system_NN1 of_IO watch_NN1 lists_NN2 and_CC no-fly_JJ lists_NN2 was_VBDZ n't_XX "_" layered_JJ ,_, networked_JJ and_CC resilient_JJ "_" enough_RR to_TO bar_VVI Abdulmutallab_NP1 from_II flying_NN1 ._. 
And_CC how_RGQ much_DA1 of_IO a_AT1 "_" broader_JJR societal_JJ response_NN1 "_" could_VM she_PPHS1 be_VBI hoping_VVG for_IF than_CSN to_TO have_VHI terrified_VVN parents_NN2 try_VV0 to_TO turn_VVI in_II a_AT1 child_NN1 who_PNQS has_VHZ become_VVN a_AT1 terrorist_NN1 ?_? 
Yesterday_RT ,_, with_IW Napolitano_NP1 backfilling_NN1 and_CC putting_VVG her_APPGE words_NN2 in_II "_" context_NN1 ,_, "_" President_NNB Obama_NP1 said_VVD the_AT government_NN1 would_VM review_VVI how_RRQ Abdulmutallab_NP1 eluded_VVD detection_NN1 in_II boarding_NN1 and_CC how_RRQ watch_NN1 lists_NN2 are_VBR functioning_VVG ._. 
As_II21 for_II22 placement_NN1 on_II the_AT curve_NN1 ,_, let_VV0 it_PPH1 be_VBI noted_VVN that_CST he_PPHS1 addressed_VVD the_AT nation_NN1 76_MC hours_NNT2 after_II the_AT event_NN1 ._. 
