I am not in hiding in an undisclosed location nor have I retired to a tropical island (mores the pity). I've been moving house and my back is seriously out of whack after more than a week of effort with refrigerators, washers, boxes of books, filing cabinets, tool chests, etc. I think a visit to the chiropractor is in order shortly.
Anyway, caught a little bit on the morning NPR show about how the terror alert on Sunday ("Orange" alert for certain financial institutions in NYC) was kind of bogus. Apparently, the scouting of these institutions by Al Qaeda took place THREE years ago.
So for some mysterious reason, and there is no evidence that there is a current threat (the administration said so this morning) we decided to up the threat level to Orange?
Sounds like a little political one upmanship to me. While John Kerry denied this interpretation when asked, I would love to hear an explanation of why we are reacting to a three-year old threat at this particular time. Will the Orange alert be permanent for these institutions? That would be the only thing that would make sense.
Posted by artandscience at August 3, 2004 09:42 PMIt's almost humorous that much of the information they're using now had been gathered before 9/11, but when they were testifying about the attacks they were emphatic about having, "No prior knowledge,"...
Posted by: brandon at August 6, 2004 05:03 PM