[dyed_in_the_wool]

My only problem with this is calling the war on terror WWIII. I would consider that the cold war and this WWIV.

Just being nitpicky, I guess. Don't know who gets to decide these things.

[2banana]

Don't worry - they have Hillary and Chucky - they will protect NYC!

[TomGuy]

We went thru the same kind of alerts last summer. And the summer before that.

It is one thing for the govt/Admin to CYA, but crying wolf and then telling the populace to go about their normal business doesn't create a vote of confidence that the Homeland Security Department is handling things very efficiently.

The vague alerts don't help. Either shut up or give us real information.

[Piquaboy]

This is all a farce and just a plot by the administration ot take attention off of Iraq. At least this is what some of the Rats are saying and they would not lie. WOULD THEY?

[mvpel]

That's not surprising, considering that to New Yorkers, the US is New York too.

[TomGuy]

I had FoxNews on mute--

Just noticed a LIVE Ashcroft appearance about arrest of Hamza in Oregon.

[Dog Gone]

The Republican National Convention has to be the target of choice if we are going to be attacked this year. If at all possible, the attack would actually kill our President, but there will be numerous "high-value targets" at the convention and in the New York area.

And even if no political figures are killed, any attack is certain to cause maximum political impact on the election, and none of us can be absolutely certain that the American public will react with a strong show of support for Bush.

[js1138]

Oregon lawyer Brandon Mayfield was linked to the Madrid train bombings until it turned out that, whoops, he wasn't involved at all.

I missed it. What happened to this case?

[theDentist]

I agree, NY is the most likely target, but there's always LA (Hollywood especially) that would be a tasty target for these rats. And you have that nice, wide, pourous border just south of it, where a friggin' battalion of Muslims can march through with no one the wiser.

[alloysteel]

Mayor Bloomberg is being willfully ignorant if he has NOT stepped up the intelligence efforts within the city. Not only ignorant, but stupid as well. Has that accursed RINO so permitted his judgment to be colored by his hatred for the Bush Administratiion, that he would resist any co-operation with the Federal authorities altogether? There is a problem, and he is not being part of the solution.

Bloomberg is no Rudy Giuliani, and should a major hit fall on NYC, he will show an incredible degree of incompetence, both at the time of the occurrence and for the aftermath.

Is there some way we can take the administration on NYC AWAY from this jerkheimer, BEFORE he finds himself in way over his head?

[nutmeg]

ping!

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[sauropod]

Ping.

[kjvail]

Th major events of the summer are going to be secured out the wazoo, an attack there is what is expected. If I were a terrorist I would plan and execute attacks at malls, sporting events and schools. As they do in Israel. You want to really thro the average American into panic and choas? People can avoid big major events, only political leaders will be at the conventions. In a representative system you don't have to kill the leaders, just their constituents.

I worry a little, here in Indianapolis the home of the largest sporting event in the world 3 days from now.