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I agree with you...there is a fine line here. The problem is, when Tommy Thompson comes on an hour after the first case and calls it "unrelated" (just about all of us knew it wasn't) makes us nervous. It's not what we know...it's what we are not being told that can cause us to get a little nervous.

Yes I think a lot of truth would go a long way in quieting the panic. People resort to rumors and hearsay when they have little else to go on. Just like they aren't reporting how many Arabs they are finding on the borders trying to come into the US.

I couldn't agree with you more! I think the government (or at least Thompson) is definitely part of the problem. Nothing makes people more jittery than the appearance of hedging or outright lying. Thompson's appearance on one of the news shows recently was a disgrace, and an insult to intelligence: 7 trucks, he said, ready to go anywhere in the U.S. His grinning denials of danger probably did more damage than the worst terrorist propogandists could ever devise. I watched that interview, and I was not reassured. I think the people not only deserve the truth, but I think most of us can handle it--far better than lies, in any event.