Fire Napolitano — By: Jonah Goldberg  —  Understandbly, the White House is trying very hard to get out in front of the would-be Christmas bomber story.  The head of the Department of Homeland Security isn't helping.  I watched her on three shows and each time she was more annoying, maddening and absurd than the pevious appearance.

Clown alert: Janet Napolitano says the “system worked”  —  It has been, in the words of Queen Elizabeth II, an “annus horribilis” for DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano.  —  Beginning with her embrace of the impotent euphemism “man-caused disasters” to the hit job on conservatives and veterans …

Officials: Only A Failed Detonator Saved Northwest Flight  —  Screening Machines May Need to Be Replaced; Al Qaeda Aware of ‘Achilles heel’  —  Officials now say tragedy was only averted on Northwest flight 253 because a makeshift detonator failed to work properly.

Poll: “The system worked”?  Update: Rep. King votes ... no  —  Let's see how many Hot Air readers agree with this statement by Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano this morning.  Under tough questioning by CNN's Candy Crowley, Napolitano insisted that the failure of the bomb to explode showed that …

At Least 4 Dead as Iranians Fight Police in Streets  —  BEIRUT, Lebanon — Iranian police opened fire on protesters in Tehran on Sunday, killing at least four people, including a nephew of the opposition leader Mir Hussein Moussavi, as vast crowds of demonstrators flooded the streets …

Shocking Video- Iranian Protesters Save Prisoners from Hanging in Sirjan & Attack Police Truck — Regime Thugs Shoot Down Protesters  —  Iranian protesters in Sirjan rescued two prisoners being hanged by the brutal regime.  They rushed the Iranian officials smashed up their truck and cut the prisoners down.

Flight 253 hero Schuringa to be prosecuted  —  WASHINGTON, D.C.—The hero of Northwest Airlines Flight 253, lauded by passengers as the man who first reached would-be bomber Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, will be arraigned this week under federal charges, the US Justice Department announced today.

Another Delta Flight Scare in Detroit  —  Airline says Man was “Verbally Disruptive” During Same Flight Route as Attempted Christmas Day Attack  —  (CBS/AP) Updated at 2:50 p.m. Eastern.  —  One day after a Nigerian man was charged with attempting to blow up a Northwest Airlines flight …