Thank you for your editorial concerning lapses in security that resulted in the Christmas day airline bombing attempt.

I was chagrined by the GOP reflex response laying blame on President Obama, and suggest that in constantly attempting to bring down a duly elected sitting president for every imaginable selfish reason, irresponsible congressional Republicans can be as great a danger to the strength of this nation as any possible enemy terrorist organization in the world.Elizabeth W. Goldsborough, Owings Mills