[goodnesswins]

AND, if nobody said ANYTHING, you'd be the first to ask "why weren't we warned!?" Adults can handle these kinds of things, can you?

[DJ88]

Yes, of course. Ashcroft can't win for losing. If he didn't say anything and he knew something and something happened, he would get blamed. Now, he goes out and TELLS US that there is an UNSPECIFIED terrorist alert going out (which basically means he got info that's credible but he didn't get any details) and people are still complaining. Some people will never be happy, will they?

[eno_]

Indeed. The fact this has happened twice could mean any number of things: We hear them talking, but cannot say what in order to protect our ability to hear them. We have a spy but obviously cannot reveal what he is saying. Or we think we have a spy who is actually yankin our chain.

It is enough of a threat that W was told of it. If it is worth his time to hear, it's worth my time to hear, even if I don't get told everything.