Word: inept
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...should not be in denial of our problems, especially if those problems can be chronically or fatally harmful. We certainly should not feel ashamed to seek help; we absolutely should not be made to feel inept when we do so. Harvard offers an abundance of mental health services, but it should do more to make its students feel confident and comfortable using these services...
...security. South Africa has some of the highest levels of violent crime in the world, and protecting half a million foreigners, many of whom will be men with a taste for beer, would be nigh-on impossible anywhere, let alone in a country where the police can be inept and corrupt. Add in a world press that's only too ready to confirm the unimaginative (and mistaken) view that Africa only produces bad news and all it will take for, say, the British press to label the World Cup a catastrophe is for a couple of drunken England fans...
...Padilla was convicted of providing material support to terrorists and other charges. The Obama Administration followed suit by moving al-Marri's case to federal court shortly after taking office - the suspect pleaded guilty last April to conspiracy to provide material support to al-Qaeda. (See the top 10 inept terrorist plots...
...woman who travels frequently and went through "a little bit more [security] than usual" at Paris' Charles de Gaulle International Airport. "If I were a terrorist, I wouldn't plan an attack for the day after someone else's, because that would be stupid." (See the top 10 inept terrorist plots...
...statement from the Slovakian Interior Ministry, the government took exception to the arrest of the passenger: "[For an] incomprehensible reason, [the police] took the person into custody and undertook further security measures ... After explaining the situation, our citizen was released with no further consequences." (See the top 10 inept terrorist plots...