A terror attack on Bourbon Street on New Year’s Eve leaves at least 15 dead...

Senator John Kennedy has angrily promised his constituents in Louisiana answers. The rest of the country deserves answers as well for the incompetence of the FBI in the first 24 hours after an ISIS acolyte drove a rented truck into a crowd of revelers in New Orleans.

First, the FBI declared that it wasn’t a terror attack, despite the ISIS flag on the bumper of the truck and declarations on the perpetrator’s Facebook page making his motive clear. A few hours later, the bureau not only changed its position but then declared that the terrorist hadn’t acted alone. By the next day, however, the FBI reversed itself again and declared that the terrorist had acted alone.

How can Americans have confidence in any information coming from the FBI after that head-spinning 24 hours? The rush to dismiss the terrorism suggests that the bureau is much more interested in self-serving spin than investigation and transparency. 

The change of leadership cannot come soon enough.