Over the weekend, Maine Republican Sen. Susan Collins gave a pretty blistering address on behalf of her party.

It included this charge:

The Obama administration appears to have a blind spot when it comes to the War on Terrorism. And, because of that blindness, this administration cannot see a foreign terrorist even when he stands right in front of them, fresh from an attempt to blow a plane out of the sky on Christmas Day. There’s no other way to explain the irresponsible, indeed dangerous, decision on Abdulmutallab’s interrogation. There’s no other way to explain the inconceivable treatment of him as if he were a common criminal.

This morning, Collins, the ranking member of the Homeland Security Committee, continued her criticism, releasing a statement that earned a quick rebuttal from White House spokesman Robert Gibbs. First the Collins statement: