SOMEONE IN THE FRENCH AUTHORITIES IS GOING TO HAVE TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY AND RESIGN

ABC News has found that jihadist Mohammed Merah was on the FBI's no-fly list and some important queries are raised as to why he was not apprehended sooner:

A senior US official has confirmed to ABC News that Mohamed Merah, the 23-year-old suspect in three French terror attacks, was on the FBI's "no-fly" list, and said that French authorities would be aware that the US had placed Merah on the list as a terror risk.

Just hours after a special forces raid in which Merah died, France's foreign minister said there were legitimate questions about how Merah was able to launch three attacks in which seven people died even though Merah had been on law enforcement's radar ever since a late 2011 trip to Pakistan.

"I can understand questions about whether there was a failure on the part of intelligence services," said Alain Juppe. "This should be looked into." A spokesman for Francois Holland, President Nicolas Sarkozy's chief rival in upcoming elections, called for an investigation into what he termed a "failure" by law enforcement.

I would not be surprised if political correctness played a major role in this, and some officials are not only going to have to step down, they're also going to have to agree to be prosecuted for disastrous work in maintaining the public safety.