[TomGuy]

Raised alert to High:

[StarFan]

Attack may rival or exceed that seen in NY. Yikes.

[Catspaw]

Boy, you're fast!

Ridge seems to be repeating what's already been said...except he did mention al Qaeda using an airplane as a weapon.

[At _War_With_Liberals]

The terror alert has been raised to high to cover for the supposedly inherent higher risk of Xmas and New Years Eve.


The terror alert has also been raised to high to counter Dem attacks and recent media propaganda advancing the view that the homeland is not as safe as it should be.

Ridge again speaks in generalities, saying nothing of any substance whatsoever. If I had 10 salesmen like Ridge, I would be set for life. I especially like the 'every citizen has to do their part' routine.

IMO, this is political, accomplishing 2 things. 'Cover your ass' in case something does happen, and a Bush political counter move against Dems and the media.