[God luvs America]

so let's see...in 2008 when he had nothing to sell Ridge categorically denied ever being pressured to change the terror level- now he's hawking a book and changing his tune...that's rich...

here's an accompanying news video that goes alond with the story- pass it on to talk show hosts...

http://espanol.video.yahoo.com/watch/5793169/15166919

[aristotleman]

You mean the president of the United States used lies and mass manipulation/fear mongering to get himself reelected? Who would believe this?
Only stupid people would fall for it.

[RAO1125]

I wouldn’t be surprised in the least bit to find out this was true. Rove is an absolute political genious, and as we know political hacks have very low standards for what they won’t do to win an election. I don’t see what the big deal is, nobody got hurt. It’s not like they LOWERED the threat level for political gain which would’ve put people at risk. The whole thing is just more big government micromanagement anyway.

[Captain Peter Blood]

Lets don’t forget right before the Spanish elections that train was blown up. There was every reason to think someone might do something so what was wrong with raising the security level?????????????//

[PghBaldy]

GREAT article. HOPEfully Rush etc will see this.

[Pride in the USA]

Unless I am very much mistaken, I recall that there were quite a few elevated terror alerts (orange) during the Bush Administration, so why be remotely suspicious of one more even if it was raised just prior to the 2004 elections. This is just lame.

[Marty62]

Actually I have a different take on this...The possible reelection of GW was in fact a cause got terrorist action. If the Alert WAS NOT raised I believe it would be a dereliction of duty.
We were still in the heat of the hunt for OBL. The election itself would be reason to raise the alert. IMO

[sionnsar]

This new contention directly refutes what Ridge told KDKA-TV's Ken Rice in an interview in June of 2008.

If the Republican Party doesn't flush Ridge over this, I'm yanking the chain the full way (not the wee-wee'd flush) for the Rs.

We need a new party. One that knows something about the key words: "honesty," "leadership," and "conservatism."

[M Kehoe]

So, Scott McClellan's book sold how many copies?

Funny, even the democRATs/socialists/communists don't buy these books.

5.56mm

[South40]

Ridge was a tool of the Bush Administration. I hope no one buys his crappy book.

[TheThinker]

Ridge has no credibility on whether he was pressured to increase the alert level.

But I would have pressure him on account of the Madrid bombings. If they tried it there, the terrorists could have tried it here to affect the outcome of the 2004 election.

In hindsight, I think they were too afraid to piss of America again. The Europeans will roll over but Americans have more to fight for.

[truthkeeper]

“Are you lying now or were you lying then?”

[Stultis]

1) Rummy pressured Ridge to elevate the threat level to improve Bush's chance of reelection in ‘04.

-or-

2) Publishers pressured Ridge to come up with something that would decrease the probability of his book going to directly to the remainder bin.

....hmmmm. Which to believe.