I don't know much about the "cryptome" site; it looks like they attempt to capture government memos and the like.
This was also posted over there today:
"A journalist writes, 5:45 PM, EST:
FYI, just spoke with a Justice Dept. spokesperson about this, who said, the [Ashcroft call to 93 US Attorneys] "was more of a pep talk, to remind them that we are sort of in the last quarter of the game and you have to keep your intensity up and your focus."
As for the reports that Ashcroft said an attack on the scale of 9/11 was imminent within the next six weeks - "none of that was said," according the spokesperson, who compared it to Joe Torre walking into the clubhouse and telling players, "'we're definitely going to lose.'"
When I asked the spokesperson if the attorney general had communicated an increased risk of a terrorist attack in the U.S. within the next six weeks, I got a flat denial. "No, he did not communicate increased risk in next six weeks," were the exact words.
http://cryptome.org/oct-surprise.htm "
What do you make of that wording- "last quarter of the game...?"
To me it sounds like "crunch time" -- down to the wire -- this must be the time frame they really worry about before the election.
Just my guess.