Sri Lanka, Sept. 21 -- The unfolding details before the Presidential Commission inquiring into the Easter Sunday bombings is indeed a revelation of the extent to which the country's security had been compromised due to the tug-o-war between its leaders and breakdown in communication in the security establishment.

Former Defence Defence Secretary Hemasiri Fernando's testimony before of the Commission says it all.The blame game and passing the buck appears to be the order of things as the evidence unfolds in all its stark details. The result - 270 innocent lives were lost and more than 400 injured in the worst carnage witnessed in the country in living memory.

Security was compromised in other ways too by the inaction of those responsible...