Ridge sez we don't NEED to be VERY AFRAID on 1/20!!!

[MADem]

As Jan. 20 Nears, Terror Warnings Drop
Faulty Intelligence, Dated Information Led to Cautions

By Dan Eggen and Sari Horwitz
Washington Post Staff Writers
Tuesday, January 18, 2005; Page A01

In April, Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge announced that al Qaeda terrorists might strike during this week's presidential inauguration festivities in Washington. The warning was part of a drumbeat sounded by U.S. officials throughout 2004 that terrorists were seeking to launch attacks both during and after the election season.

Nine months later, the threat level has been lowered, and Ridge, speaking at a news conference last week, said there is no evidence of a plot to disrupt President Bush's inauguration. Previous warnings, Ridge explained, stemmed from threat reports tied to the elections -- not to the inauguration more than two months later.

"There is nothing that we've seen, not just today, but over the period of the preceding several weeks, that gives us any reason to even consider, at this point, raising the threat level," Ridge said. "Normally, it's an aggregation of information we receive that we conclude is credible over a period of time. But there's absolutely nothing out there that would suggest we should even think about it."

The shift in rhetoric about the dangers posed by terrorists during the inauguration marks the latest retreat from last year's terrorism warnings, which, in retrospect, were based largely on faulty intelligence, dated information or -- as with the inauguration -- an educated guess..... http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A16499-2005Jan17.html


OH, joy in the damn morning!! FAULTY INTELLIGENCE, DATED INFORMATION...and those guesses were apparently anything other than educated. When will the guppies wake up and realize they've been PLAYED for fools???? There's just no credibility to this regime. NONE!

[GetTheRightVote]

1. atleast we will have a front row seat to his down fall, that is cool

:kick:

it would be worth it !!! Even if it were true, lying again, bad Repubs.

[amazona]

2. no one cares what tom ridge says

He has been paid off in spades for not saying diddly about United Airlines 93 but now it is time for him to get a real job.

The conservation movement is a breeding ground of communists
and other subversives. We intend to clean them out,
even if it means rounding up every birdwatcher in the country.
--John Mitchell, US Attorney General 1969-72

[AntiCoup2K4]

3. I thought Tommy quit? Who cares what he thinks?

Or is Junior letting him have one last duct tape moment in Hell's warm glow?

[Robbien]

4. The Bush gang has been beating the fear drum for several days

now. Since Ridge quit, he probably no longer gets the daily WH memo.

[OrwellwasRight]

5. My favorite line:

"There is nothing that we've seen, not just today, but over the period of the preceding several weeks, that gives us any reason to even consider, at this point, raising the threat level."

Oh, well, thank god, because if you were only studying what you saw TODAY, you might make a fucking mistake!!!

I feel totally safe now. Where's my kool-aid?

Oh, and PS, thanks for having all the roads in DC blocked and the Capitol Police working overtime 12 hour shifts six days a week for 4 months, just so you could scare people into voting for shrub. Thanks, Tom.

NOW GO AWAY!! :puke:

[Al-CIAda]

6. They probably have something to roll out in the fall...or are they

designing a spring line?

[robbedvoter]

7. Sure thing. Ashcroft did say he got rid of crime& terra as we know them

And W said today that the good news is he isn't running for anything.

[dansolo]

8. If an attack occurs, it won't be in D.C.

With all the focus in D.C., it would be a huge blow to this administration if an attack occurred during the inauguration somewhere else. But my guess is that nothing will happen, and that they are just trying to ratchet up the fear to prop up Bush's poll numbers, so then they can point to them after the inauguration as an indication of support for Bush.

[MADem]

9. Approaching Logan

...this morning, I must have seen seven cop cars.

You are quite right--who in their right fanatical fundy mind would go after a target as hard as the District? Hell, if they are going to hit, they'll hit where we aren't looking.

But hey, Tommy says we have nothing to fear! It's just faulty intelligence and dated information!

[GreenPartyVoter]

11. They'll go after civilians again. Always makes me worry about

sports stadiums and theme parks.

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[hector459]

10. Is that because he knows the administration isn't planning any terror acts

I guess they should know.