To counter that AP report in my pevious post, here is one reason why the administration is concerned about this summer which is NOT politically motivated.
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The concern among Administration higher-ups about a major attack seems all too real. For weeks, Washington officials have been discussing among themselves the increased level of "chatter" being intercepted by the National Security Agency [NSA]. From a military base outside of Washington and from listening posts all over the world, the NSA uses supercomputers to monitor overseas phone and Internet traffic. The last time the NSA raised the chatter alarm was during the summer of 2001.
The term chatter refers to intercepted conversations, many in Arabic, that seem to be in code, such as "the package is almost ready for delivery," but which refer to planning for an attack, according to intelligence officials. "This disturbing intelligence indicates [that] al Qaeda's specific intention is to hit the U.S. hard," said Ashcroft
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/5077762/
I agree that there is true concern displayed in the
administration's pronouncements, but it is disheartening
to see many folks buy into this rhetoric that the warnings
are nothing more than presidential politics. However,
does anyone think the jihadists are using the mere threat
of terror as a method or terrorism itself? Fire up the
internet, make a few telephone calls that are sure to be
intercepted, and lo and behold you have America tightening
security at a economic cost of millions of dollars. Over
time, the enemy can drain our financial resources by just
pressing the enter or send key on their cell phone or PC.
IMHO a physical attack will occur, but can the Islamnazi's
eventually gain the upper hand just by nit picking us
to death?