1.   But it does underscore that what happened was a systemic failure for which the Government had primary responsibility.

2.   But it also led to accusations that City Hall was unfairly blaming two low-level employees for a systemic failure.

3.   But most important, Fishlow adds, the policy squabble is distracting attention from what appears to be a systemic failure of global capitalism.

4.   INS later came under harsh attack on Capitol Hill and elsewhere for systemic failures in the Citizenship USA program and had to retool its entire naturalization operation.