Does Janet Napolitano own the Oakland Raiders?

Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano was on CNN this morning and said that "The traveling public - and this is my message for you, Candy - The traveling public is very, very safe in this air environment. And while we continue to investigate the source of this incident, I think the traveling public should be confident in what we're doing now."

That was a mistake. Does Janet Napolitano own the Oakland Raiders? Is she invisible to what happened or is she talking about "The Greatness of The Raiders" in the wake of six straight losing seasons? (And the Oakland Raiders lost to the Cleveland Browns today, 23 to 9.)

My issue with what Secretary Napolitano said is that she didn't use words that acknowledge what happened. What she should have said is "There has been a security breach that we will close. We will work to make you safer." Or words like that.



The reality is the people on Northwest Flight 253 were safe in this case because of other passengers, not primarily due to the Federal Government.

Just something that continues the Obama Administration's objective of open, honest, no-spin communication where issues of national security are not being shared.

Now, President Obama must take time to make a public statement if only to set the Nation at ease about what's happened: two problems with "disruptive passengers" in three days, one labeled a terrorist.

Stay tuned.