Missing ?

Fox News reported yesterday that ten of the seventeen Afghanis who deserted military training at a Texas military base are still missing.  KT McFarland wrote the story; she is a Fox News National Security Analyst who appears on the internet show "DefCon3" at FoxNews.com. 

There are a number of questions about the missing Afghanis.  The obvious question is, "Why was this information released in a 'Friday afternoon news dump' rather than a national alert?"  The last one of these seventeen people disappeared six month ago.  Why are we hearing about it now?  Has there been a previous alert concerning these missing men?  Are all of these men on the no-fly list?  The notice that was put out Wednesday (a Be-on-the-Lookout (BOLO) notice) included all seventeen men, including the seven already accounted for ?????  It was distributed to local and federal law enforcement officials and joint terrorism task force members across the country

The article points out:

"Going back to Monday night, when a couple was arrested for trying to enter MacDill Air Force Base, we learned that they were picked up in 90 seconds. I've been going to military bases for 40 years, believe me, nothing happens in 90 seconds on a military base! The lightening fast action on the base doesn't make sense. Either the folks at MacDill are lying about it or the base was on a VERY heightened state of alert. Remember these Afghan deserters had full access to bases."

It seems to me that we have some serious national security problems that need to be addressed.  It is through the grace of God that the Christmas day bomber didn't properly light his underwear and the Times Square bomber wasn't all that skilled in the art of bomb making.  We need to put some people in charge of national security who understand the seriousness of the job--who are willing to come home from vacation when a terrorism attack is attempted and who are willing to call Islamist extremists what they are.  We are in a war with people who want to kill us--regardless of what you call them.  The people who want to kill us want to kill all of us--killing military people is fine, but they also aim at civilians.  All the people in charge in our government need to keep this in mind.