Political Accountability in Security

When your country suffers dramatic terrorism attacks, largely due to failures in your own government and intelligence capacities, the appropriate response is to hold those officers who failed the country to some degree accountable for those failures. When it turns out that security agents and intelligence agents mishandled vital intelligence, it's time for them to go.

That's not The AntiCentenarian's philosophy, that's Jordan's:

Eleven top Jordanian officials, including the kingdom's national security adviser, resigned Tuesday in the wake of last week's triple hotel bombings, state-run TV announced.

King Abdullah II appointed Marouf al-Bakhit, Jordan's ambassador to Israel, to replace outgoing security chief Saad Kheir, a former chief of Jordan's intelligence department.

No details were given for the resignation of Kheir and 10 others -- including Royal Court chief and former Prime Minister Faisal Fayez, one of the king's closest confidants -- and prominent religious advisers to King Abdullah.

Or, I guess you could just lie about it, cover it up, and invade a country. Either are appropriate responses.