[FairOpinion]

"I couldn't help but be left with the inference that a jump straight to code red was given very serious consideration by these guys during those 72 hours of deliberation."

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I tend to agree that they have some specific threat info -- but in a way, that's good, because the more specific info they have, the more likely they are to hopefully foil the attack. Did anyone else notice the timing that

"LIBYA provided intelligence on hundreds of al-Qaeda and other Islamic militants,"

and the terror alert is raised?

I think it's quite possible that Kadafi provided us with some important info about the impending terror attacks.

[Merdoug]

Living in Nashville, I think I'll be safe as long as the terrorists don't hate country music. :)

[oceanview]

not enough time to validate whether the tips were truthful, or lies designed as a misdirection play on his part.

[JustPiper]

Fair, it's kinda the consensus on this thread, myself included, that Gadfly probably caved in because he sold his WMD's to AlQ