FOXNews.com - Obama Brushes Off Calls for Firings Over Security Failure

FOXNews.com - Obama Brushes Off Calls for Firings Over Security Failure: "WASHINGTON -- President Obama signaled Thursday that he doesn't intend to fire any top officials over the attempted bombing of a Northwest Airlines flight, even as he repeated his claim that U.S. intelligence had enough information to uncover the plot but failed to connect the dots.

Following two weeks of speculation over whether the administration's internal review would result in forced resignations, the president said there's plenty of blame to go around -- but 'ultimately the buck stops with me.'

Obama, in unveiling a summary of his administration's initial review of the security breakdown, announced Thursday afternoon a series of policy changes intended to prevent a repeat of the kind of attack attempted on a Detroit-bound flight on Christmas Day. Obama seemed to make clear that those changes – not firings – would stand as his administration’s corrective action.

'I have repeatedly made it clear in public with the American people and in private with my national security team that I will hold my staff, our agencies and the people in them accountable when they fail to perform their responsibilities at the highest levels,' Obama said. 'Now, at this stage in the review process it appears that this incident was not the fault of a single individual or organization, but rather a systemic failure across organizations and agencies.'"