These are answers to questions on The State of the Union with John King from Homeland Security Senate Chairman, Joe Lieberman.
LIEBERMAN: (click title to entry - thank you) ...So, as in any war, when the enemy breaks through your lines, you have got to regroup, you've got to strengthen your defenses. Because the truth is, in this war, we cannot set any goal less than 100 percent success. And that means we have got to close the gaps....
Oh, I sincerely agree. Absolutely.
...I think some people have to be held accountable for the mistakes,...
Is that right, Joe?
... the human errors that the president acknowledged that were made, that enabled that Nigerian terrorist to get on that plane to Detroit, and we've got to change some things in the system.
LIEBERMAN: There should be better screening and a proper watch list.
Is that right, Joe?
LIEBERMAN: No, no -- well, I think the investigation will show that. But the point is that it seems to me clear that, beginning with the Department of State when the father came into our embassy in Nigeria, not only should that name have been sent to the National Counterterrorism Center, but somebody should have checked the visa list and immediately pulled that terrorist's visa, so he never got on that plane....
Is that right, Joe?
...Secondly, at the National Counter terrorism Center, something went wrong....
Is that right, Joe?
...That's the place we created after 9/11....
Is that right, Joe? And in what way has it served us well?
...It served us very well, but it did not in this case. So if human errors were made, I think some of the humans who made those errors have to be disciplined so that they never happen again....
Ya, know, Joe. In this case I think you could not be more correct. So, when are you resigning?
