May 28, 2004

  • Attorney General Ashcroft said at a news conference two days ago that "credible intelligence, from multiple sources, indicates that al Qaeda plans to attempt an attack on the United States in the next few months. . . .This disturbing intelligence indicates…”


     


    Is this the same ‘credible intelligence’ that gave us a slam-dunk assurance on the stockpiling of civilization-threatening weapons of mass destruction (WMDs) in Iraq—the prime rationale most Americans accepted as justifying a pre-emptive invasion in the first place?  Is this the same ‘credible intelligence’ that led Bush to declare “Mission Accomplished” in Iraq over a year ago only to have the situation deteriorate acceleratingly since?  Is this the same ‘credible intelligence’ that maintains that the Abu Ghraib scandal was limited to only low-ranking ignorant MPs with no implications up the chain of command?  Is this the same ‘credible intelligence’ that has been unable to locate and apprehend Osama— who has been driving a Porsche around the downtown streets of Rome for the last two weeks? (And if this ‘credible intelligence’ would snicker at my claim, I say: Prove that he hasn’t ).


     


    Uncredible Stupidity.  What’s ‘disturbing’ is that once again administration officials are trying to manipulate our fears and emotions to bolster their own shaky standing and cover their pimple-pussing asses.  Oh, there’s a threat alright, a big one, but it’s been looming around for months-nothing new.  Even the Bush administration itself is crumbling with internal dissension over this latest PR ploy:


    A Homeland Security Department spokesman, Brian Roehrkasse, reiterated yesterday that his agency has not seen any change in the ''steady stream of threat reporting."


    ''We do not have any new intelligence or specific information about Al Qaeda planning an attack," he said.


     -CNN


    ‘Multiple sources’ within the administration itself cannot even agree over the manner and timing of this supposed ‘revelation’.  If it’s so momentous, why haven’t they raised the Threat Level?  Why didn’t this warning come from Tom Ridge, Chief of Homeland Security, as it is supposed to, instead of by the Attorney General spouting off?


     


    I'd write it off as a headlines-grabbing ‘boy-who-cries-wolf’ game…if it weren’t politics.  Which is war by other means.

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