Which Is It? Warning or Inciting Fear?

[Annie]

I remember post 9/11, that many said the administration should have given the public a head's up to the possibility. The CIA/FBI should have connected the dots.

Well here there seems to be a 'head's up' based on 'unnamed intelligence' from Europe and elsewhere. I expect there to be a lot of charges that the administration is just trying to engender fear, to continue their grand conspiracy.

If nothing happens, the later will be the last word spoken. If something does happen, why didn't they have more specifics?

Can't win for losing.

Officials worry of summer terror attack

By KATHERINE SHRADER, Associated Press Writer1 hour, 30 minutes ago

U.S. counterterror officials are warning of an increased risk of an attack this summer, given al-Qaida's apparent interest in summertime strikes and increased al-Qaida training in the Afghan-Pakistani border region.

On Tuesday, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff told the editorial board of The Chicago Tribune that he had a "gut feeling" about a new period of increased risk.

He based his assessment on earlier patterns of terrorists in Europe and intelligence he would not disclose.

"Summertime seems to be appealing to them," Chertoff said in his discussion with the newspaper about terrorists. "We worry that they are rebuilding their activities."

Other U.S. counterterrorism officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity, shared Chertoff's concern and said that al-Qaida and like-minded groups have been able to plot and train more freely in the tribal areas along the Afghan-Pakistani border in recent months. Osama bin Laden and his top deputy, Ayman al-Zawahri, are believed to be hiding in the rugged region.

"The threat coming out of there is very real, even if there aren't a lot of specifics attached to it," one of the officials said.

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[actsnoblemartin]

if the government says oh my god, look out, and nothing happens, people get mad, and if the government says nothing, and we get attacked people will be mad.

Im not sure the government can win.

p.s. im not talking about political parties..

I remember post 9/11, that many said the administration should have given the public a head's up to the possibility. The CIA/FBI should have connected the dots.

Well here there seems to be a 'head's up' based on 'unnamed intelligence' from Europe and elsewhere. I expect there to be a lot of charges that the administration is just trying to engender fear, to continue their grand conspiracy.

If nothing happens, the later will be the last word spoken. If something does happen, why didn't they have more specifics?

Can't win for losing.